I name myself water. I name myself air. I name myself earth. I name myself fire.

When Gabe and his friends find a strange old map in his uncle’s office, follow it to a crumbling secret chamber beneath San Francisco, and perform a ritual that promises to bind them to the power of the elements, they think they’re just having one last adventure before Gabe moves away. They don’t expect it to work. And they definitely don’t expect to set off a chain of events that could tear San Francisco apart.

But a power-hungry cult is plotting to merge our world with a twisted parallel dimension-and now it’s up to Gabe, his friends, and their new elemental powers to save their city from utter destruction.

This cinematic and fast-paced series opener is extremely entertaining and sure to be popular with fans of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson books and the 39 Clues series (School Library Journal), with an epic combination of awesome elemental powers, nightmarish creatures, and nonstop adventure.