Jason Black's life changed during high school, and now as he tries to find himself at college he begins to find a psudo-family among the friends he makes, and a reason to go on living seeking a full life. But still events from his past and his present conspire against him, driving him to the forfront of his tattered life, and farther from the human fold. The Parliament of Rooks, the first instalment of The Penndel Mythos, is the story of Jason Black's college, the family he wants to leave behind, and the friends he's searching for.