Zane Obispo spends every day exploring the sleeping volcano in his backyard - "the "Beast," as he calls it - where he can escape the other kids who make fun of him because he has a limp and walks with a cane. After a twin-engine plane crashes into the Beast, a mysterious girl names Brooks shows up at Zane's doorstep. She tells him the volcano is actually a centuries-old prison for the Maya god of death, whose destiny is directly tied to Zane's. No way, he thinks. But Brooks opens his eyes to the truth: Magic, monsters, and gods are real, and Zane is at the center of an ancient prophecy that could mean the destruction of the world. Embarking on a quest taking him far from home, Zane will be tested to his very core.

Book one of the Storm runner series.