In the spring of 1963, eleven-year-old Marcus Clemens leads a simple and unassuming life with his widowed stepmother in a small Missouri town along the banks of the Mississippi River.until the fateful day he has a frightening experience in a local cemetery. The event is but precursor to several encounters that will be beyond anything he could have imagined. These encounters, combined with family secrets and suspicious relatives wreak havoc on his normally passive life. Involvement in a local homicide investigation, with tentacles reaching far too close, further complicate his situation. He and friend Cassie struggle to make sense of the unlikely and improbable, while striving to ensure their very own survival.