Alcatraz Smedry doesn't seem destined for anything but disaster. But on his thirteenth birthday, he receives a bag of sand, and his life takes a bizarre turn. This is no ordinary bag of sand ... and it is quickly stolen by the cult of evil Librarians who are taking over the world by spreading misinformation and suppressing truth. The sand will give the evil Librarians the edge they need to achieve world domination. Alcatraz must stop them ... by infiltrating...

Disconnected from the outside world until a health scare sends him to the hospital, a middle-aged Los Angeles stock trader finds his life changed by a doughnut shop owner, a distressed woman, and a counterculture icon.