Robert Graham's power of persuasion is a legitimate power: no one can refuse him, regardless of their own will. Being powered is as much a curse as it is blessing, and Graham is alone until he meets an organized group calling themselves "The Unusuals" -- who welcome him as long as he can keep his power under control, and he isn't sure it's worth the price of admission.

When sixteen-year-old Caleb discovers he has the ability to feel the emotions of everyone around him, it complicates his high school life, especially when he finds a strange affinity with the emotions of his classmate, Adam.