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

傑森．沃克常希望生活能多點不確定。直到有天他在例行打掃動物園的河馬水池時，意外捲入一個他從未看過的世界。萊瑞恩這個地方過去一直很歡迎外來者，但自從邪惡大帝馬勒鐸掌大權後一切就變了調。那些勇敢反抗馬勒鐸的人不是被他收買就是被除掉，這裡從此變成充滿恐懼和猜疑的世界。傑森在找尋回家的路途時遇見瑞秋，她和傑森一樣，也是莫名捲入這個世界。在幾位反叛者的幫助下，傑森和瑞秋努力尋找遺失的密語來組成能摧毀馬勒鐸的武器。他們知道回家的唯一辦法，便是拯救這個沒有英雄的世界！