Run or burn. Mikael Bliss just wanted a quiet life among his books. But when the Static starts-a sensory overload that lets him feel the emotions of everyone around him-he realizes his quiet life is over. Across town, Jax Red Cloud survives a lethal fall only to discover he is a living kinetic battery. When The Fracture descends with black vans and sonic weaponry, Mikael and Jax are forced into a desperate alliance. Together with a chaotic gamer, a gravity-defying mother, and a mysterious steward of entropy, they must race toward the Red River Bridge for a showdown that will either forge a team or vaporize a city.