Ever and Aiden live on an isolated island. The island is known as Mystery Island to many, but to them they call it Aphrodite after the Greek Goddess whom it is said lives somewhere on the island in the mountains. The island is heavily guarded and governed with very strict rules. Ever, Aiden, and many of the other residents have came to believe that the outer world has become contaminated, except for the island itself. Every month on the 28th a drawing is held. The winner of the drawing gets shipped up into space to live on this amazing space station to get off the planet Earth as away to keep everyone protected. Ever who was suppose to be the winner of one of the drawings couldn't go however because she is being watched by Dr. Maverick, who is someone that keeps the land clean of all things they think is evil. Ever at one point finds a white tiger trapped under a boat. The tiger is one of those things that is consider to be evil. She and the tiger however become close friends and she helps keep him safe from everyone on the island. After sometime Ever starts to think that the tiger is a symbol of what is outside of the island making her realize that things probably aren't what she has been told. After that realization Ever then discovers that everyone on the island has a twin .... Outside of the island in the world surrounding a ship wreck has just occured. The ship that was in the wreck was named "Midnight Pride". Before the ship sinks Kane who is a first class passenger and Austen who is a third class passenger fall for each other. After the ship sinks both find their way to a small town called Covelly. They think that it is just a normal town with normal people until they find their way into the Shadowlands, also know as "The Tempest Nightshade". It is known by that because when someone steps in they sometimes don't return and a storm breaks out. In "The Tempest Nightshde" creatures roam that end up there from all over the world. Kane & Austen find there way there, but as soon as they do a storm breaks out and throws them in way over their heads. The storm that breaks out is the largest in centuries. It's so large it reaches the Mystery Island and causes the most damage that anyone has ever seen. The storm releases many of the Tempest Nightshade's creatures.