Marshall hated his life, years of neglect and mistreatment created nothing but bitterness in his soul. Nothing seemed to go right. No friends, less family and even less love. Genuinely surprised to survive to his eighteenth birthday, he is kicked out of Fostercare and sent into the wild world to survive...  Only for a meager moment of luck to finally, finally, give him a moment of peace. Armed with a note and the promise of more, he seeks out the giver of his gifts, entirely unaware of the joys and sorrows to come.