ometime in the future, in what is now San Francisco, California, the Kingdom of Embarcadero is under siege. Elvis, Alcalde of Potrero-Taraval, wants to steal its secrets, mysterious outsiders want to expel its citizens, an ancient and sinister Force threatens to devour their souls. Salvation rests on the slender shoulders of a young wizard named Chickpea Del and his unlikely allies - a red-haired Chinese girl, a ghostly tribe of Mission Indians and a small fir tree named Doug.