Sixteen-year-old Vanessa Cross's first clue that summer break will be anything but fun? She wipes out on her surfboard and envisions monsters. Back on land, life is its own kind of nightmare. Her hypocritical stepmother--the only family she has left--has a secret boyfriend. She can't find the necklace her father left her. Her spirit guide talks in riddles. Her team isn't taking Junior Grigori training seriously, except Brux, the love of her...