It`s the week before Hallowe`en, and Cooger and Dark`s Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois. The siren song of the calliope entices all with promises of youth regained and dreams fulfilled . . . And as two boys trembling on the brink of manhood set out to explore the mysteries of the dark carnival`s smoke, mazes and mirrors, they will also discover the true price of innermost wishes .