Teddy Weiss is sick of it the jerks who constantly bully him because he is smarter than they are, being poor, and the frustration of being so close to changing lives with an incomplete invention because he is too poor to afford the materials. When Teddy’s uncle comes into a lot of money, Teddy is nearly able to finish his invention at last, until wrongfully accused, Teddy is beaten severely by those who are constantly bullying him and he seeks revenge; to dire consequences. He is spurred to finish his invention but not to use it for its original purpose. Instead he and an accomplice decide to give his attackers a taste of their own medicine. Teddy finds himself a suspect in a triple homicide and the second time he uses his invention he receives the greatest shock of his A chance to make it or break it on another planet, in another galaxy, with other humans, and the Omniscients.