Four alienated students form an unlikely alliance when Coal School is attacked by deadly monsters, the monstrous Shadow Kin.

Ram isolates himself from the others following events at the Prom. He sees someone getting skinned alive on the football pitch.

An alien with the ability to morph into the shape of lost loved ones infiltrates London. An unexpected visitor appears at Tanya's window.

April feels the effects of sharing her heart with Corakinus. Attempts to cut loose from the attachment only strengthen it.

April knows there is no returning now, she must defeat Corakinus while battling through the Shadow Kin.

Everyone is in detention, thanks to Miss Quill, but an explosion propels them out of space and time into blackness with no escape.