Damon couldn't wait to start the eighth grade: being in the top grade of the district school, getting to be a crossing guard, and seeing old friends. But at the new school, eighth grade is the lowest grade, there are no crossing guards, and old friends move on. Worse, Damon's power to control darkness keeps turning itself on and off. Even worse, two former members of The Power Club start a new club-without him.But things at the new school aren't what they seem. A menacing shapechanger and a friendly werewolf complicate matters as Damon learns of a plot to send his friends away for good and start a war with "ords." Will his new club-The Secret Club-be enough to prevent a war?