Maxwell Peyton is a normal boy from a small town in South Carolina. He meets a young sorcerer, who loses his magic marbles to Maxwell on purpose. The marbles allow Maxwell to meet Maquin the sorcerer, and help Maxwell to save his twin sister and the world from the evil sorceress Anabella. Along the way he is exposed to a variety of different creatures - ghosts, dragons, cyclops, Greek Gods and more.