THICKER THAN WATER is the first in a series, The Damian Chronicles, about the story of an extraordinary young man named Victor Damian who wants to be a "normal" high school student in the elete, if out of the way Franklin Academy. Victor is tall, good looking, smart and athletic, but Victor is banned by the elders of his family from sports and discouraged from most social interaction with the others at school. His straight-laced brother, Valiant, watches over him like a hawk and tells Victor that he will understand better when he reaches 16 and goes throught the "Ceremony." Victor is tired of waiting and ready to take matters in his own hands, when the Ceremony reveals a family secret that will alter Victor's plans forever and a family tragedy puts Victor in the role of the family's savior.