The story of Alan Cartwright, a distinguished stage magician, whose wife and stage partner of 40 years has died. Alone and grieving, Alan can no longer bring himself to perform, and begins cutting himself off from a world that he no longer cares about. Then he meets Mikey Taylor, a shy young boy from next door who desperately wants to learn the secret art of illusion. It is through this friendship that Alan begins to realize that he still may have a reason to believe in magic.