Josh & the Magic Vial

Josh Dempster fantazies about achieving material success with the comic book series he is drawing from visions in his sleepm But this street-savvy thwelve-year-old is unaware that destiny has more in store for him. Than a fancy car. Josh is taken on a moral quest when Lil, the neighbourhood curisity shop owner recognizes Josh as the heir of Vortigen -- an evil spellbinder who blames TV and computers for the demise of his dark arts and seeks to restore his power through Josh. With a stolen magical vial, his best friends and a ghostly working-class 19th-century Victorian cop as a guide, Josh leads an action-packed "transmigration" between his Vancouver neighnourhood and the dark Kingdom of Syde. His parents warned him about the neighbourhood coffee shops but they didn't say anything about restoring the balance between good and evil through the power of love.