Miles Blackwell, brilliant inner city kid, hides a magic gift from the world. Miles does things with his own two hands. When we meet him it’s graduation day and he’s on top of the world, with a full scholarship to Harvard, a pretty girlfriend and the love of his community all in his favor. But all bets are off when a jealous aunt entraps him in a staged crime in which he pulls a gun on a cop. Suddenly Miles must flee his native Pittsburgh to face his destiny – a  destiny which leads him to New Orleans and an encounter with the Golden Harp of Anansi and the evil cult which holds it captive.