Chapter 1:  The Trainer

Gareth finds himself conscious in a strange, otherworldly space and is approached by a hooded and cloaked figure. It suggests that Gareth could learn to be a ‘hero’, which Gareth accepts, then learning that he will know nothing of this tuition in his daily life.

Chapter 2:  A Normal(ish) Day

We meet Gareth's friends, Anne and Jack, at school and go over an ‘ordinary’ day at Ashville high. This includes being chased by angry bullies, knocked out by closet doors, picked on by teachers and exploded by extradimensional entities (if you happen to be Gareth, at least)

Chapter 3:  Saving Angels

On their way to school, Gareth, Jack and Anne discover a wounded teenager with ash grey skin down an alley. They return him home where he his patched up by Jack’s father. Later, the boy is abducted by suited goons, but they are put to flight by the combined efforts of Anne, Jack and the boy himself, who reveals himself to be far more than they had thought.  His name is Sanyiel, and he doesn’t even come from the earth. Despite this, the three decide to help him recover.

Chapter 4:  Friendship’s End

While trying to figure out what to do with Sanyiel until they can get him home, and putting up with the daily rigours of life, the trio are once again thrown out of their depth when a friend of Anne’s, thought long dead turns up and things get complicated. We discover that Gareth helped Anne recover from the traumatic death of her mother long ago and the two have been good friends ever since.

Chapter 5: High Tension

Knowing that Sanyiel can conceal his appearance, the three decide the safest place for him would be the most unlikely one- that is to say, Ashville high. They teach him enough that he can just safely attend school with them, but while he fools the teachers, Sebastian, one of the bullies of the school manages to almost make him break his cover. Sanyiel confesses to Anne that even as an alien he’s even more of a handful than they had imagined, a creature composed entirely of hatred. Anne compassionately takes this on board and in the end when Sanyiel expresses the desire to remain on earth permanently, the three agree.

Chapter 6: Family Ties

Jack and Gareth are ambushed by Sebastian, but before they can get pasted, Jack’s father, Damien, appears in a disheveled state, urging his son to go to his work because someone is in danger. Sebastian relents and the three boys manage to sneak into GCI, where Damien works. They discover that Jack’s father was doing rather more interesting things than they could have guessed and find a pair of girls, one of whom has no legs and the other is… well, for lack of better terms, a catgirl. Angered by this, Jack causes and explosion and they are forced to escape via the roof. Seeking out Damien at the hospital, they find out that Kyrin- the catgirl- was an accidental product of other research and that Tarah- the amputee- worked at GCI. Knowing that it would be too dangerous to take them back to the now destroyed labs, the friends decide to shelter these two as well as the situation becomes increasingly complicated

Chapter 7:  The Night Between Us

Running out of space and ideas, Gareth and Jack desperately look for somewhere they can keep their new friends and charges hidden and safe. Jack almost burns himself out, but Gareth has a lucky break when Perry, the manager of Anne’s gym, shows them an old, forgotten wartime shelter. They renovate it as the swelling group of secret-holders try to come to terms with the insanity life has thrown at them of late.

Chapter 8: Icarus’ Bargain

The boys’ exploits at GCI attract the attention of a secret group of soldiers dedicated to ensuring society remains stable. They narrowly manage to escape, but Jack is badly hurt and Anne is knocked unconscious. One of the soldiers helps them to return to their home under oath and, tortured by events, is forced to join the group.  As the events of the previous weeks begin to tell, strains open up and, exhausted, the group hopes for peace and quiet.

Chapter 9: This Sorry Scheme of Things Entire

The group try and stabilise their lives after the incident with Olympus, but the strain of leading double lives begins to tell. Jack begins to attempt to re-create the prosthetic legs Tarah had been working on at GCI, Gareth runs into his father and Anne takes her last training session with her instructor, Tiger. Meanwhile, Norman and Saul discover that Olympus has not slackened their interest and attempt to mediate for the children to be left alone.

Chapter 10: Apotheosis

Jack continues to work with Tarah on her legs, increasingly becoming more exhausted. Damien suggests the group take 'a night off' and try and sneak in a break to recuperate. The children eventually agree, but jack does so only on the condition he can finish Tarah's legs so she can accompany them to the cinema. Eventually he succeeds and the group departs, but during the screening Gareth is affected by an unknown force and suddenly the situation becomes far more dire...