Lucas Locke was not meant to open the book.

Some books are doors. Some are traps.

When Lucas opens this one, he is taken from his world and cast into the Garden of Eternal Sorrow, a land bound by curse, divided by kingdoms, and ruled by the belief that he should possess magic.

He does not.

The Garden is a prison, and its people cannot leave until the spell that holds it is broken. The Four Kingdoms watch him closely. Shadow Beasts roam the borders. Old powers wait to see what kind of boy has fallen into their world.

With a sharp-tongued gnome and a girl trained for war, Lucas must cross a land that expects him to be more than he is, and fears what he might become if he succeeds.

This is not a story about finding magic.

It is a story about what happens when a world demands it of you.

Meet Amira

Amira the warrior of Vyv

Meet Stodge

Stodge, a nomadic tree dweller from the Four Kingdoms.

Meet Adara

Princess Adara of the Four Kingdoms was held prisoner by the Garden of Eternal Sorrow and it's broken magic.