Tormented by his adoptive mother and three school bullies, thirteen-year-old Danny Perkins wonders if his life can possibly get any worse. One day, however, his luck begins to change. His kind old grandfather gives him a magic amulet, which opens a doorway to another world…

Danny soon befriends all kinds of weird and wonderful creatures; but all is not what it seems. A dark magician is on the loose, infecting the weak and vulnerable with his odious schemes. Can Danny summon the courage to defeat this ancient evil? Or will he, like countless others, succumb to a fate worse than death!