James Shutter's best friend, Kris Wells, has a superpower. Kris can make the people or things in pictures come alive. Kris doesn't care about his unique power, but James is worried. What is it for? Where does it come from? And what is the meaning behind the power? When a new girl named Jessica Rivas moves into the house next door to James, he finds out that Kris isn't the only one with powers- like Jessica. There are other people like Kris and Jessica. They are what are known as Extras, who are people with abnormal powers. Jessica is a scout sent by the Extras who have gathered together to stop a rising threat- the New Dawn. The New Dawn is a group made up of Extras who want to rid the world of regular humans and replace them with only Extras. When the New Dawn starts to slowly kill off the regular humans, the other Extras band together to stop them- and they need all the help they can get. As well as learning about the Extras, James also learns a few things about himself that he'll need to help stop the dangerous New Dawn and their equally as dangerous secrets.