One stormy night, a massive black cloud descends on the ruined tower of Garten. Ivy crawls down the walls to drag the boulders back into place. The tower rebuilds itself. An army of hideous scarecrows appears out of nowhere to terrorize the villagers. They are nothing compared with what is about to arrive. Edgar Falchion is a boy with a typical boy's dreams. But his hypocritical neighbours are about to change all that. They need a scapegoat and Edgar is the perfect choice. Either he will go to the tower and face the Unknown or they will murder his mother and father. If only it were the Unknown. Inside the tower is something so evil as to defy description - the Morgammeron Aetz. This is what Edgar is up against, Edgar and two lads who refuse to abandon him. But can a boy become a man overnight? And can a man take on absolute evil? If he doesn't, he'll never forgive himself. If he does, he mightn't survive. The choice is his, the outcome unknown to them all.