Adam sees numbers, death dates, when he looks in people's eyes, just like his mum Jem used to. He also knows the date of her death.
When Jem dies, Adam has to deal with his troubling gift, as well as the normal trials of being a teenager. When he realises that everyone has the same series of numbers, he starts worrying that something huge is going to happen in 2025. Adam tries to find out what could be about to go wrong, he spends hours researching possibilities-war, nuclear accidents, killer viruses. He knows something big is coming, but what?