Twelve year old Joe Clovelly leads a difficult life. His mother is widowed and an outcast in the village where he lives. His sister is deaf and mute, and he is frequently bullied at school. Then one night everything changes. He is visited by two spirits called 'Watchers'. The Watchers, Frieda and Ulf, tell Joe that he has been chosen to become the Guardian of The Valley and save it from the 'Darkness'. At first Joe does not take...