a 16-year-old boy, discarded into the care of a mental health hospital by his abusive mother to hide her own crimes against her son, she derives a dialect with Dr Seed, spinning a tale of Jack' delusions of having conversations with his deceased grandfather and how he is violent towards her. She just doesn't feel safe any more. Jack is clever and headstrong, he knows what his mother has done and he accepts that her version of punishment is actually an act of mercy, by removing him from her care has released him from her abusive and oppressive clutch. This is a chance for him to grow and follow his own passions and interests. Things take a turn for the worst as Jack and his new friend Carly are on route to visit a doctor for a routine medical examination, The car crashes, all occupants baring Jack perish, leaving Jack badly wounded and struggling to escape the wreckage before it bursts into flame. Laying unconscious he is saved by a Horned Man, taken from his world to a new strange world. It is here his adventure truly begins, as he grows and starts on a journey to find the second half of a prophecy, to track down a mysterious man known as Sire, to try and release a curse that plagues the whole of this strange new world known to him as Harthdome. Through many trials and hardships, gaining allies along the way. Jack faces down the one who has brought this suffering to the people, he knows what has to be done, and he is willing to see it to the very bitter end.