It's Zoey's eighteenth birthmas and the Nerd Herd has been scattered across the country busily adulting for almost a year when Stark calls them back to Tulsa to surprise Z. But all is not well in T-Town. Strange, dark signs are appearing. Could it be possible Neferet is stirring? Not willing to chance disaster striking again, Zoey calls on her newly reunited friends to circle with her and add a layer of protection over Neferet's grotto jail.

Traveling to alternate-world Woodward Park to rescue her double from grotto prison, Other Neferet and her companion, Lynette, bond with unexpected sympathizers, while Other Kevin and Other Stark consider the risky use of Old Magick.