Beyonders: A World Without Heroes

"Brandon Mull is a wizard with words. With Beyonders, he has conjured one of the most original fantasies I've read in years - an irresistible mix of adventure, humor, and magic."
—Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson 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 into a strange, imperiled world.

Lyrian is full of dangers and challenges unlike any place Jason has ever known. The people live in fear of their malicious wizard emperor, Maldor. The brave resistors who once opposed Maldor 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. 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.

Contents:
Prologue
• The Hippo
• The Loremaster
• The Word
• The Blind King
• Rachel
• Gifts
• Jugard
• Macroid
• Tark
• Ned
• Ferrin
• Jailbreak
• Nicholas
• Questions and Answers
• Chancellor
• Whitelake
• Jasher
• The Sunken Lands
• Pythoness
• The Eternal Feast
• Duel
• Escape
• The Word
• Prisoner
• Deep Portal
Acknowledgments