At the end of the 1968 St Mary's school year, a new sixth grader; Denny, transfers in from the public school and challenges Glen immediately. Within days Glen and Denny's lives turn crazy. People are dying. Mothers are crying and then the boys are gone. Chance and tragedy cast the boys onto the railways of the Hobo Kingdom, a realm which grows more violent and macabre each day. Here killers, rapist and thieves prey on the transients and innocents who venture too close to the tracks. A band of hobos help one boy and a U.S marine war veteran the other. Can the railroad gangsters be stopped? Join a group of vigilante hobos who vow to halt the chaos and avenge the victims. But what about the boys? Climb aboard; the train is rolling, headed to the unknown world of The Hobo Kingdom, but watch out. There could be blood everywhere. "Throw Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn on the railroad with Robin Hood and his men. Add a bit of Jack Reacher's vigilante soul and you have The Hobo Kingdom."