Alfred Munroe counts cracks in the ceiling to survive another day of bullying — until a stranger breaks into his home looking for him, and everything he thought he knew about his quiet life shatters. His parents weren't ordinary. They were scientists chasing a discovery so powerful someone is willing to hunt down their son to bury it — and Alfred is the only one who can finish what they started. The boy nobody noticed is about to become someone the whole world can't ignore.