Nurren's Folly

Staf Nurren nurtures an incredible passion for running-but unfortunately has limited talent. After losing all his races at his first track meet and failing to make his high school team he becomes desperate to win Olympic gold medals by any means possible.<p>On his sixteenth birthday Staf 's best friend Jake gives him a bogus ID for a birthday present; together the two sneak into a bar tocelebrate like the two men they pretend to be. As he enters the bar Staf ignores the intense feeling of foreboding that overwhelms himorders a beer and confesses to Jake that he would like to be an all-star athlete without ever working for it. After a hunchbacked toothlesspatron overhears the conversation he offers the boy the chance of a lifetime. Staf thinks he has nothing to lose; as he and Jake head to theapothecary to meet the mysterious being who the stranger promises can help him he has no idea the pact he is about to make a deal with a diabolical force will have tragic consequences.<p>A hero an ultimate record holder and history's best athlete soon discovers the life he dreamed for himself hinges on a contract signed in his own blood.