Becky, Daniel and Max are ordinary enough kids. Just entering their teenaged years, they go to school, do homework, play computer games, and like to read. Their lives change for the weirder, however, one day when Becky's dog drags home a shiny silver tablet with a strange message on its surface. "... ON THOSE NIGHTS WHILE THE WORLD DISPLAYS ITS MAJESTIC POWER UNCARING AND UNAWARE OF ITS TREMULOUS AUDIENCE, THE UNIVERSE LIMBERS ITS ARMS AND STRETCHES...