Jason tumbles into a quest to save a magical in this #1 New York
Times bestselling start to Brandon Mull's Beyonders fantasy series.
Jason Walker has often wished his life could be a bit less
predictable--until a routine day at the zoo ends with Jason suddenly
transporting from the hippo tank to a place unlike anything he's ever
seen. In the past, the people of Lyrian welcomed visitors from the
Beyond, but attitudes have changed since the wizard emperor Maldor rose
to power. The brave resistors who opposed the emperor have been bought
off or broken, leaving a realm where fear and suspicion prevail.
In his search for a way home, Jason meets Rachel, who was also
mysteriously drawn to Lyrian from our world. With the help of a few
scattered rebels, Jason and Rachel become entangled in a quest to piece
together the word of power that can destroy the emperor and learn that
their best hope to find a way home will be to save this world without
heroes.