Not knowing what else to do when his parents are mysteriously murdered one night, Sullivan retreats into the forest. Lost and scared, Sullivan stumbles upon a tree fort complex from which five boys wage war against an army of gruesome mud monsters that has invaded the forest. Sullivan soon realizes that in order to figure out what happened to his parents, he must unite with the boys, join in their fight against the mud monsters, and unravel a secret known only by a mysterious man who lives alone in the forest and calls himself the Hermit.

Profundity. Defined: of or being profound, of a deep or thoughtful insight. Since Tobb Ghinder was a small child, the voices had told him that he had potential, that he had the unique opportunity to lead a profound life, that he could be a profound inspiration to those around him. Tobb successfully ignored these voices until a series of unpredictable and unfortunate events eroded the foundations upon which his life had been built, and left him with an unexplainable desire to seek profundity.

Athazagoraphobia. Defined: fear of being forgotten, of not having an impact; fear of a vain existence. Noah Hobson was a victim. The first time he suffered from Athazagoraphobia was in West Hamlin, West Virginia, where he helped tear down an antique stone house that was home to four generations of Smithfields-their one, lasting imprint on the world. Noah understands little about his condition until he volunteers to go on a mission trip to Port Sulphur, Louisiana, following the scourge of Hurricane Katrina. Surrounded by devastation, fishing boats in the treetops and empty cement slabs where...