Did she disappear? Did she die? These are the questions that haunt Oliver Park after his father mysteriously drags him away from their family estate on the night of August 30th over a decade ago. As the years pass, Oliver faces hardships far beyond a typical teenager's life - grieving his mother's suspected death, being cast out by the girl he loves, and enduring betrayals and losses. As Oliver picks up the pieces of his shattered life, he realizes not everything is as it seems. In the shadows, something lurks. No, not something - someone. Someone faceless, nameless, identifiable only by a calling card: a serpent. As Oliver unravels the secrets of his past and races to find the one who took everything from him, he discovers a world of untold magnitude, magic and mayhem.