Fourteen-year-old Beatrix Voght has always felt like an outsider. And no wonder. Unable to remember anything from before her adoption, she is plagued by a series of strange occurrences... all of which will eventually lead her and her companions on a globe-trotting, mind-boggling adventure, during which they realize that Earth and the entire universe could be destroyed by a sinister force. And to top it all off, Beatrix might be the only person who can stop it.