Boanerges is a coming-of-age, Young Adult, story about twin brothers in the fictional village of Stonewood, set in the Middle Ages. Mystery surrounds the boys, James and John and their family. With rich Biblical undertones and literary allusions, the reader is drawn into a web of secrets and lies that haunt the Manning family. As the boys struggle towards manhood without a father and ostracized from their village they each confront their reality as differently as their personalities.