Long infatuated by his best friend's upper crust lifestyle, a boy is whisked from his impoverished existence to find himself special guest of honor at a Scottish country mansion–a place he often envisioned via a 'waking plane'.

But the experience proves to be more than he bargained for as he teeters on a tightrope between the two classes and finds himself at the mercy of his sinister hosts

Overnight, with the help of a peculiar housekeeper, Julian must decipher the complexity of an unusual Mayan globe together with a mysterious board game originated from an alternate universe–one that manipulates time, dimension and weather and the key to averting a life-changing threat.