Scrappy orphaned pickpocket Jake has started seeing ghosts and he has no idea why. The next thing he knows a sinister gentleman and his minions come hunting him. On the run for his life, Jake is plunged headlong into a mysterious world full of magic and deadly peril. But with treacherous enemies closing in, it will take all of his wily street instincts and his friends to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents, and defeat the foes who never wanted the Lost Heir of Griffon to be found.