In April of 1959, 13 year old Daniel Cringle moved with his family from London to Edinburgh. Daniel’s father was a “very important man” at the Regents Bank of Scotland, so the Cringles were provided a house at Number 42 Calton Row.
When Daniel Cringle moved to this address, everything changed. His voice began to crack, hair began to grow in strange places, and he was forced to wage constant low intensity war on acne and blemishes. These were things that he could handle, though. It was the other changes that made him worry.
He began to feel unnaturally strong, and his mind seemed to flex its muscles in ways that he had never imagined. He became aware of beings that no one else seemed to notice… and he was pretty sure that he could levitate.
Was he going crazy?
Daniel was not the only one to notice the changes. Unbeknownst to him, there was an ancient creature deep beneath Number 42 Calton Row. The creature had lain dormant for millennia, but now it was awake… and hungry. Above ground, mysterious agents, whose allegiances he could not know, began to weave themselves into Daniel’s life. They spoke of good and evil, truth and lies, Order and Disorder. He was being pushed toward a choice that could either set the stage for the rest of his life or destroy everyone he loved.
Would he make the right choice?