Eleven-year-old James Kafka is looking forward to the start of summer vacation when he learns that four dangerous secondary realm criminals are loose on Earth. He knows that his bad luck curse will probably draw them to him like a magnet so he must prepare for their arrival. Greatly concerned about the dire situation, representatives from the reclusive and mysterious tertiary realm send one of their own to Earth to help prevent a terrible disaster that will have serious ramifications for all three dimensions if the secondary realm outlaws succeed in their nefarious plans.