Simon is an O.W.N.O. (Orphan With No Options). He lives with his eccentric grandfather and a horrible housekeeper, Griselda, who punishes him by making him trim her toenails with his teeth. Unable to remember anything about his mother or father, Simon is haunted by a dream of an eagle, a serpent and an angel that smells like bubblegum. Then one night, his dreams change. The angel gives him a special object that is still with him when he wakes up. It is an object desired by many, but destined only for him, and it changes his life forever.