When Cole ventures into the basement room and discovers the secrets his father has kept buried for years, his entire world begins to unravel. Cole soon finds his loyalties pushed to the limit as he has to choose between helping his father, and helping a stranger he's only met once. His plight then worsens as he finds out about an unknown "sickness" which has plagued his family for years. "The Basement" is the first in the suspenseful "Sickness" trilogy which promises to be a roller coaster ride through the recesses of a troubled child's mind.