"The thing about most stories is that they stay stories. That's all they ever are, all they'll ever be. Nothing more than spoken words passed down from generation to generation. But not the Legend of the Dark Heart. It is in fact real, and it changed my life forever." Mark Palmer runs from home, only to find himself the strange town of Modeville. Everything seems normal, peaceful even. That is, until the hollowman appears in search of the Dark Heart, putting the lives of the villagers in danger. What is the Dark Heart? What does the hollowman want with it? And what will happen to Mark and the villagers? Read and find out.