Bobby hasn't seen his grandmother, Mae, for a while. When she shows up he isn't sure if it's really her, since she arrives while he's dreaming. She returns each time he dreams and then tells him what's going on, he is a Shadow Caster. Strange things continue to happen when he dreams and even stranger things when he's awake. Then his shadow begins to do things, not things that are under his control, at least not at first. He has to figure out how to use mystical abilities to save Mae, because she has answers to his questions, since she too is a Shadow Caster.

     A fast paced energetic story about Bobby, a boy who discovers a new world around him and inside himself. He and his two friends provide an innocent, lighthearted, and sometimes comical, approach to dealing with situations from saving a dog to fighting with evil spirits. Bobby goes from geek to a supernatural powered geek by discovering the lost practice of Shadow Casting. With a little help from his friends, the walking dead and spirits from the past he overcomes some bizarre obstacles in order to release Mae from being held captive by a evil foe.