* Montreal on the eve of World War II
* Its flamboyant mayor
* A prince of the church
* An old-fashioned prep school
* A schoolboy with secret powers
* A visit by the king and queen
* A fishy group of foreigners
* A smelly demon
* An old man who knows it all
Against the background of a schoolboy's life in pre-war Montreal, Doug Huestis has blended all these elements into an exciting story of a boy who risks everything in the hope of foiling a terrorist plot.