Twelve year old Michael James Roberts or as the society calls him "Culton Klin Jones" fakes his death to join "The Society of The Dead" their purpose is to learn knowledge too powerful for regular humans and to discover anomalies from different times and other worlds, so far they've discovered Owl, a preteen witch from the late 1700's, and Eric Char. A descendant from an alien race known as 'The Polonians' (whom I may write about). But if Michael does not pass initiation he will die FOR REAL and be forgotten forever.