Alvin Miller Jr. is a smart, sweet young boy. Before he is even born, the water in the Hatrack River tries to destroy him because he will be a dowser as the seventh son of a seventh son. Alvin is to be much more because he will also be a Maker. Of course, the Unmaker wants Alvin Jr. dead so that he can do his evil without someone opposing him. Once he is born, Alvin is saved by little Peggy when his birth caul keeps him from breathing. Peggy watches over Alvin using the birth caul that she saves.