Netia, the goddess of destiny and humanity, has created a being of near-godlike power, a Hero. Heroes are only made in desperate times, yet she refuses to explain to her fellow gods why she made it. Enter Howard P. Tackett, a 15 year old boy trapped in the spirit world Merrah, desperate to get out. However, his scheduled date of birth is 600 years into the future, far longer than normal. So the sympathetic goddess Pollythene lets him out into the physical world Tendrid on one condition: find the Hero and bring it to her.