Young Zac wants to be like his awesome dad, a military man. A man who makes a difference in the world, is fierce, yet compassionate, loyal, strong and the poster boy of America's brave. Well, Zac is eleven, small for his age, and his father never came home from war. So yeah, life is tough. Living in a new small town, Zac finds solace in baseball and his bat, which seems to hold his father's essence. Zac soon discovers the town has a dark secret; every other year or so, a kid his age disappears from the woods, and the local police do little to investigate. Zac, with the help from his hometown mystery club friends jump on the case to discover the truth. As they zero in on the culprits, fluid from a mystical creature enchants his bat, sending him to another land filled with candy lakes, giant sneezing stone golems, bubbling lava pits, and a train to nowhere. The land is inhabited by never aging children, living divided and on the brink of war. One faction touting equality, the other individualism. Sound Familiar. Zac and his magical bat must unite the land before the war spreads to the world above.