Balthazar Fabuloso s lovable and eccentric family performs a magic show. What makes the act so unusual is that all the Fabulosos actually have superhuman powers, except for Balthazar, a practical-minded 11-year-old who simply aspires to be a rmal kid. So when everyone but Balthazar disappears mid performance, the only Fabuloso without real magical skills must save the family. Balthazar wonders if the family s archrivals, the Furious Fistulas, are to blame or if there are other, even darker forces at work. At the center of these disappearances is a force so evil that the world s most preeminent magicians cower before it. What hope could a ragtag crew of misfits have against it? Magic, humor and high adventure are used to reaffirm some fundamental family values.