From publisher blurb: Geek focuses on one event that brings the harsh reality of the supernatural into sharp focus for the citizens of one small American town, through a tragedy all too common in the United States. In this story, a teenage boy named Alan Taylor gets his hands on one of the most dangerous items in the world of Contagion: a spellbook. Bullied, outcast, and filled with impotent rage, Alan Taylor takes out his frustrations on his classmates in a spree killing.