Forced by a substitute English teacher to write a paper defending his controversial position on Ace Cola, ninth grade student Rob Stangle (writing as Rob Strangle) does that and more when he hands off the task to his alter ego, the imaginary author Cliff Stone.Cliff will stop at nothing to get at the truth, barreling headlong toward a confrontation that will shake the foundation of Rob's world. In this, his debut work, Cliff Stone tears loose on a meta-fictional voyage of discovery into the heart of a strange mystery that Rob doesn't dare face alone.