Gates, J. Gabriel

Middleburg's rival martial arts gangs must work together in order to restore the Shen ring to power, find their missing friend Raphael, and prevent a new supernatural foe causing a worldwide disaster.

With two rival gangs searching for the treasure hidden below Middleburg, Ignacio's friend Raphael knows he must grab the glowing crystal ring from a dark, supernatural creature, even though it may destroy him.

As the privileged and popular Caleb Mason celebrates his high school graduation, he received a disturbing letter from a childhood friend, and when he travels to his hometown in Florida to find her, Caleb discovers that the town has taken a terrifying turn.

When high school student Ignacio Torrez moves to an isolated small town and finds himself in the midst of a gang war between the wealthy and the working class students, he is surprised to learn that the gangs adhere to a strict code of honor and use deadly martial arts skills, and even more shocked by the malevolent, mystical powers at the abandoned train tunnel crossing in the middle of town.