The day the first vortex appeared changed everything. The whirl of energy changed our lands. Our oceans. And it changed us. It awakened powers that should not exist. Powers of fire, of earth, of air and of water. Our world is a different one now. The vortices stayed, and I learned to move through them. I learned to turn their powers into my powers. But I did not know what force I was rousing. Until I met him. And everything, absolutely everything changed.
It is the most important day of Elaine’s life: In New London the spectacular vortex race is about to take place and she will start in it. In this competition, dozens of young people try to be the fastest to move through the vortices – the energy whirls that almost destroyed the world decades ago. Jumping into a vortex is life-threateningly dangerous – but if you manage to do it, it will bring you, like a secret portal, from one place to another within seconds. Elaine wants to win the race at all costs. But in the middle of the vortex, a force awakens within her that could shake the world again. And the only person who can stand by Elaine’s side now is a boy who does not want to have anything to do with her ...
