Ordinary Houston high school student Preston Jones was just trying to get through life when the power found him. Forged with technology thousands of years more advanced than our own it was intended for the soldiers of an extraterrestrial empire. With these powers Preston is transformed into an unstoppable force Soon Preston learns that power changes everything. If wielded with wisdom and compassion it can create without limit. In the hands of the bitter and vengeful it can destroy everything, and he is not unique in having gained such power. As Preston struggles to understand what has happened to him others master their own powers. They move in the shadows with a swift and deadly deliberateness. Armed with alien technology and driven by a hardened heart they seek to seize control of the world. In a race against time, with the future of the world at stake, Preston Jones must find the wisdom to become the Hero of Houston.