When the Executor altered Reality at the end of the original Absolution, it gave an opportunity to a monstrously powerful being to escape their prison. The Executor doesn't care and the dead detective is not available to do something about it. So, it is up to the Wizards to stop this threat. The only problem is that this being can travel back and forth in Time, attempting again and again to defeat its opponents.
In the Past: Wendell the Great and his brother, Gathii Ra are youths in Africa, struggling to survive amidst Civil War. When they meet Anita Sendler, an American, in the mystical Stream, the three decide they must come together. It is then that they discover that Reality has been altered; an ancient, and mighty, entity has and continues to travel across Time, altering events, for reasons unknown. To combat this entity, they must join forces in America and bring together others who are like them.
In the Present: It is the 1980s, and Wendell the Great, Gathii Ra, and Anita Sendler teach a group of children who also can wield the Power; in time, they become like a family. But the youngsters, Quique Serrano, Chen Jiao, Butch, and Isis Wendell (Wendell's daughter) are unsatisfied with the lessons and their purpose. Just why are they able to manipulate the Power? And what are they supposed to do with it? Save the world? Destroy it? As they grow into teenagers, Isis chooses a name for them, Wizards, and together, they are the Wizards. And she goes a step further. The Wizards must help the world in any way they can. Together, they tackle the supernatural monsters that have started to pop up all over Los Angeles. And they think this is their path until they come face to face with the mysterious Orb of Time.
In the Future: In the year 2019, Maeve Flanagan is a rookie police officer in the LAPD. While answering a call for backup, her partner is murdered by another cop...possessed by a blurry being. Unable to understand the odd circumstances, she seeks out her relative, Anita Sendler, who is known for being an oddball. Maeve will get justice for her partner, who was like a father to her, no matter what. But, there are hiccups. Anita reveals that Maeve is an untrained Wizard. Together with a woman named Jenn Adams, who can speak with the dead, they must untangle a plot to destabilize the universe that has been in motion since before Anita met Wendell the Great and is STILL in motion in the Past!
