As punishment for a crime he didn't commit, Matt was given a choice: Got to jail, or go live with an old woman named Mrs. Deverill in a remote town called Lesser Mailing.He should have chosen jail. A strange and sinister plot is coming together in Lesser Mailing, with Matt at the center of it all. People who try to help him disappear...or die. It all ties to an evil place called Raven's Gate-a place whose destiny is horrifyingly intertwined with Matt's own. Matt is used to being in the wrong place a the wrong time-for all the wrong reasons. It's going to take all his strength and power to save his life and stop Raben's Gate from unleashing an ancient doom.