Child prodigy Lucen enlists his best friend Brian to build a time machine in a foolhardy attempt to escape his distant father and connect with the mother he never knew.

When Danny is ripped from the streets by the gangsters he wronged he is brought to a darkened wood to dig his own grave and say his final goodbyes. But ever the giftof-the-gab, Danny decides if he can’t fight his way out, perhaps he can talk his way out ... with a tale of The Magic Spade.