It is the near future, after another civil war has torn America apart. Frightened twelve-year-old Aiden Scott feels alone in the world. His mother is longer around and his angry father wants nothing to do with him. Then a group of neighborhood boys invites him through a secret tunnel to a fantasy world- Summerville, a tropical island where the weather is always nice and everything is perfect. Finally, Aiden starts to see the good around him. But when Summerville is threatened by violent mercenaries who block the tunnel home, Aiden and his friends must decide what is important to them. Can Aiden find the courage to save Summerville- and his friends’ lives?