A teenager in contemporary Liverpool discovers he has psychic abilities. Is he mature enough to master them, or will his naivety lead to self-destruction?
Finally, a toy to play with. When Joel, a teenage social misfit, has a seizure with strange visions, he discovers he can enter the mind of anyone he meets. Within weeks he becomes an addict to his own gift, using it to tear himself away from the monotonous routines of school and life with his brother on their Liverpool council estate. The more he understands his abilities, the more he learns to manipulate – and terrify – people.
But for reasons he cannot explain, two people are immune to his psychic abilities: his brother, Anthony, and their neighbour, Carys, with whom Joel is infatuated. Unfortunately there is little time to ponder on this, as lost memories of his deceased parents start to emerge...
Joel needs to distract himself. When Anthony is deep in debt to Walker, a thuggish local drug lord, Joel naively believes he can help. But his plan goes fatally wrong, luring Joel into a world of deceit, paranoia and betrayal.