A gifted musician. A mysterious stranger. A date with destiny. Frazzle, Michigan-bred, Hollywood bound, is destined for great things, but what he has in talent is stymied by the doldrums of life on the road. When the young, gifted pianist meets a mysterious stranger, dressed in strange garb, he reconnects with the creative well he thought he'd already exhausted.Could it be that the odd fellow with the inexplicable request is Frazzle's new muse or a blast from a not-so-distant past sent to help him finally reach his dreams? Find out in The Carnival, a spellbinding tale about a young man determined to buck societal expectations, live the life he only imagined, and unravel the mystery behind the man with a rusty steel mask!