Foster kid Jack Swift remembers everything—even the horrible things he'd like to forget. To keep his guilt-ridden memories from haunting him, he buries himself in any book he can find, dreaming of his ultimate escape..

But fate has another escape in mind.

At 3:33 am on his fourteenth birthday, Jack is kidnapped by a monstrous talking rhinoceros and whisked away to another sphere of existence: the land of Keymark. Though this world is filled with pixies, monsters, pirates, samurai, and mythical wonders, it is without healing magic—a magic stolen by an evil, immortal prince hell-bent on domination.Jack's kidnappers ask the impossible of him: use his knowledge to save a life…or become trapped in this dangerous world with no chance of rescue.Written for readers who enjoy The Chronicles of Narnia, The Never Ending Story, the Pagemaster, or The Princess Bride, you will find a world of wonders waiting within.