In the presence of great darkness, heroes will rise... The crack was so small that nobody noticed it at first. By the time they realised what was going on, the darkness had already infiltrated the town. There was only one thing to do: Seal it off. And so the town of Un and the people in it lay hidden for fifty years. In the streets they call him Whip. He is fast. He gets things done. After many years in foster homes, Joel Clementine had run away and joined the gangs at the age of twelve. He understands how to survive, how to lay low. But when his friend messes up during a drug drop and becomes a dead man walking, Joel has no choice but to go and retrieve the money. Only, on his way to Smithville there is an accident … and exactly fifty years after the prophecy, Joel Clementine stumbles into Un.