This is a story about a boy, Robert Inferno, and his new three friends, who at university, by chance discover they possess elemental powers and come together to try and save the world from an evil tyrant called Territor, bent on seizing power and subjecting the world to his will and destroying those who refuse. The book is based on the four elements - Fire, Water, Air and Earth, and how anyone gaining control of these could rule the world. It is a story of the struggle between good and evil, as four young students at Brisbane University battle the shadowy Territor.