Izaak Smith

A nomadic sideshow comes to town, hoping to take advantage of the chaos wrought by the bombing of the Light Fae headquarters.

Both Ian and Gabe are recruited to join a mysterious secret society within Tower Prep called The Rooks. Ian decides to get to the bottom of The Rooks’ secrets, including how they are able to make people’s abilities more powerful. Meanwhile, CJ is trying to pull off a school dance that becomes a target for destruction by The Rooks after she unknowingly insults their leader.

Ian tries to get into watching Buffer, the strange sport played only at Tower Prep that all of his friends – especially CJ – absolutely love, but he just can’t get his head around the rules or the fact everyone adores the Buffer Team Captain Cal with whom Ian has a budding rivalry. The rivalry is made worse when Coach gets Ian a job as Team Manager – effectively making him the ‘towel boy” to Cal. Ian is approached by a different coach - Coach History - who thinks Ian’s special skills will help his team win against Cal’s team but Ian turns down his offer. When circumstances lead Ian to believe that there is a direct connection between Coach History and The Gnomes, Ian decides to join the Buffer team to possibly infiltrate The Gnomes. As Ian gets deeper in and the championship game looms ever closer, Ian must decide what’s more important to him – being true to his mission and his friends or letting his rivalry with Cal overtake his reasons for playing.