Elena Holmes, a nineteen-year-old math prodigy, escapes the pressure of her newfound fame by working at a kids' summer science camp where no one knows who she really is. But then she meets an eight-year-old camper, Sam, with the ability to bend the laws of science itself. Her secrets are thrown out into the open, her whole view of reality is upended, and her only thought is to protect this innocent child—who also happens to be the most incredible being in the world.

Then Sam's abilities become dangerous.