Publisher's Synopsis
"But I mean, what is it? How do you get it? Who doesn't have it? And who decides who doesn't have it? What is the essence of cool?" As always, Xander Harris - worldly wit one moment, puzzled teen the next - voices the universal anxieties of a young man on the verge of adulthood. All teenagers have some trouble finding themselves now and then. But when you're living on a Hellmouth, trouble tends to be an understatement - and Xander attracts more trouble than most!
First he has to master some out-of-control animal instincts and then goes undercover to unravel a very fishy mystery. Then, finally, excluded from the Slayer's latest plans, he is forced to face up to his own private evil and find a strength he never knew he had in order to save the future of Sunnydale High.
