Mica Powers is thirteen, awaiting his Spinical abilities to manifest. He struggles with the memory of the day his mother was taken from him by the leader of the Dreads, Deedra. Alongside his best friends-the quick-witted twins Kevin and Kelly-he attends the Domain Arizona School of Spinical Studies, where students learn to unlock their Imperia. When a mysterious orphan named Estee Bradford arrives, she struggles to find her place, and Mica forms a bond with her. How will Mica and friends fare against a world fraught with ghosts, beasts, traps, and Mica's greatest adversary, the dreaded Deedra, who is hunting for "The Legend of the Superstitions."