In the moments before he is born Jimmy Tock has a strange destiny thrust upon him. His dying grandfather prophesies five dark days in his grandsons life five d... » 

In the moments before he is born Jimmy Tock has a strange destiny thrust upon him. His dying grandfather prophesies five dark days in his grandsons life five dates on which Jimmy will face terror and violence malice and perversion. A storm rages. There is a chilling significance in the old mans words. The moment his grandfather dies Jimmy emerges squalling into the world destined to struggle against an evil so dark and pervasive only the most extraordinary of human spirits can shine through. «