In a futuristic alternative school set in a shopping mall where video game-playing students are observed and used by corporate sponsors for market research, Katey "Kid" Dade struggles to figure out where she fits in and whether she even wants to.

Like all who have "the pulse," Faith Daniels and Dylan Gilmore have telekinetic powers -- they can move objects with their minds. But there are five "second pulses" in the world who have an even greater power: almost nothing can harm them. They are virtually indestructible. Both Faith and Dylan have the second pulse. But the other side has second pulses too, and they've been training for a war that has been brewing their entire lives. As Dylan executes...