An invention gone wrong infuses everyone on Earth with a strange glow which will kill them in 24 hours and Darwin Smith must figure out how to reverse the effects.; Kadey and his Blue Belts stumble upon a pre-war invention that turns people into automatons. They use it to enslave the rebel boys until the Knights defeat them.; The Knights encounter a roving band of boys who want to become outlaws when they grow up. Marene disguises herself as a boy and infiltrates the group.