He knew what they were saying, although he didn't hear the actual words from anyone: "There's the kid who cried in gym class!""Hey, after we leave here, we need to trip him on the stairs!" "Freak!""Let's just leave him here to bleed out!""It must be a sad existence being Mark Madison..."13-year old Mark Madison struggles to fit in. His home life is dysfunctional and he's a tormented, social outcast at school. A daily confrontation with his main bully, Jack Scarsdale and his group of thugs, lands him in front of an ancient, malevolent force that lurks in plain sight. In a turn of events, he unites with the most unlikely ally to fight the evil that threatens everything he knows.