Magic and danger abound in the second book in a series of fanciful, action-packed adventure Publishers Weekly, starred review from the 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series. Cole Randolph never meant to come to The Outskirts, but when his friends were kidnapped on Halloween he had to try and save them. Now hes trapped in a world that lies between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. Coles hunt for his lost friends has led him to the kingdom of Elloweer. Accompanied by new friends Mira, Twitch, and Jace, Cole teams up with the resistance movement and joins the search for Miras sister Honor. But Elloweer has grown unstable. A mysterious enemy is wiping out towns, leaving no witnesses or survivors.