Welcome to The Vortex Entrance Fourteen year old, John Weaver. A normal teenager, entering yet another new school. After his Mom makes him and his little sister move for what seems like the millionth time, John's about tired of the stress that each new school brings. She claims it's for new scenery, but John knows what she's really trying to escape. His dad. He left when John was just a toddler, and he can barely even remember him. At least there's his friend Dominic, who's simply moved with them every time. Maybe their moms like to keep in touch, John's never quite sure. That's the only relief. John's whole first day is awful, but then something happens. Something...strange. John's life is thrown upside down. Everything he's ever known is basically a lie. And then his mom...his mom is taken from him. His whole world that he knew is ripped from beneath him and he's forced into a strange, and frightening life. A dangerous life. A life where people are powerful. A life where people can kill.