The small town of Bixby in Oklahoma at first glance is not remarkable However, it is actually one of the most dangerous and mysterious places on the planet. Only a few people know that the midnight in Bixby lasts not a moment, but an entire hour. The hour when the whole world freezes and the creatures of darkness come out to hunt, which only those who were born at midnight are able to resist. There are five of them, all of them schoolchildren, and each has a unique gift, most vividly manifested in the secret hour: Rex sees traces of the touch of darkness, Melissa can not hide other people's thoughts, Dess loves numbers and mathematical patterns, Jonathan becomes almost weightless with the onset of midnight. Jessica came to Bixby recently, and her talent turned out to be the most dangerous for nocturnal creatures. Suddenly, the boys discover that they are not the only ones who know about the secret hour. And that previous generations of Bixby Midnighters disappeared by no means by chance...