Twenty years ago, a meteor crashed into Lake Michigan near Wisconsin's Peninsula, introducing to the world a mysterious force which granted regular people supernatural powers. The newly empowered surged in relevance and power, pinning their hopes on a future where they would be ascendant. Now, the world has adapted to the change so totally that for many people, like Elizabeth Jansen, newly arrived in Philadelphia on a new job, being empowered just means that more specialized jobs are open to her.

But what she expected to be a relatively quiet job takes on a darker, more dangerous turn as she comes into contact with the empowered who have never given up on the initial dream, and who are still determined to make it a reality.

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