The Epic!

What happens when a young, African American boy, who feels that there is no purpose or meaning to his life, is suddenly transported by Omnipotent powers, to save a world where kids and young adults of various ethnic groups are in bitter rival and conflict with each other? We are introduced to one of the greatest and amazing stories of our life time!

THE BOYS!
By Martin Dean

If Spike Lee morphed with J. R. R. Tolkien the result would be The Boys.

Only eight days after his fourteenth birthday, Martin Anthony Dean, a very shy and reserved African American boy who suffers from a server case of pessimism, and who, after taking serious inventory of himself and his life, has come to the bitter conclusion that his life is absolutely meaningless and that he himself is totally inept in every sense of the word.
And why shouldn’t Martin view himself as well his life in this grave sense? Especially when compared to his very athletic, tough as nails and hunk of an older brother, Richard, who gobbles up one award after another on their Middle School Track and Field Team, and his super smart elder sister Grace, who, as well as being the bane of his existence, is a star on her High School debate team which is going to the Nationals for the first time, in, well, forever? In comparison to his siblings it is no wonder why Martin sees himself as a total loser!
But one faithful morning Martin’s very mediocre and purposeless life takes a drastic turn, as while in an attempt to waddle in his self pity, Martin decides to play hooky from school, and in doing so, Martin soon finds himself crossing paths with an old, decrepit, as well, very ominous looking home which has been abandoned for several years.
While standing directly outside a mere few feet away from the withering home, Martin suddenly hear the voice of a child shouting desperately from inside the house, for “Help!”. Martin now immediately leaps into action, as he storms up the trail of crumbling cement stairs and bursts wildly through the already unsecured large, dark double oak doors, entering into the dark and ominous home in search of this ill-fated child that he hears calling for help.
But not long after entering into the home, Martin finds himself in a very dire situation as well, as the decaying floor beneath him suddenly buckles and gives way, sending Martin collapsing into what appears to be an endless abyss of darkness below.
Countless hours later, Martin wakes, and to his amazement, discovers that not only has he survived the fall and avoided serious bodily injury, but that he has in fact been transported to a parallel world ruled by teens and young adults of various ethnic backgrounds.
During his entry into this parallel world Martin soon meets up with other young and colorful African American teens who quickly takes Martin under their wing and began to acclimate him to his new environment. Teens like Runaway, aptly named because of his common knack for running away when confronted with tough situations and eminent danger, and Bear, who is just as big and as strong as a real bear, but unfortunately, possesses the same IQ as one, and Giggles, whose zany unmistakable laughter and wacky sense of off-beat humor is the constant life of the party and finally, but not nearly least, Banner, the elder and hesitant leader to all of the young men, as well, a silent and very mysterious figure who personifies the word “inhuman” as he possesses a physique, which Martin rightly surmises, “that God Himself had to have molded with His own hands!”
Not long after meeting these young African American teens who collectively call themselves “The Boys”, Martin soon has the misfortune of crossing paths with Redline, a young Caucasian boy about Martin’s same age and whose name is derived from his fiery red retinas as well his very volatile and ill-temperament. Martin later learns that Redline is also the leader of another organization of young Caucasian males called “The Rulers”, aptly named due to their being the largest and most powerful organization in the city.
Martin’s initial meeting with Redline severely offends the crimson eyed hot headed and inadvertently instigates a conflict between these two very influential ethnic groups as well begins a chain reaction of events that threatens to uproot the peaceful treaty made between all of the young ethnic organizations residing within, as well, outside the city’s limits.
Now armed with only his book bag which contains his schoolbooks, school lunch, a change of gym clothes and a pocket sized Bible, Martin is catapulted into one of the most fantastic, exciting and thrilling epic journeys of his and our lifetime, as he has no choice but to bridge the gap between the rivaling ethnic groups all while discovering the true meaning and purpose for his life, as well, successfully finding his way back home to his own world and to his family. Less

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