Maggie and Jamison, a teenage sister and brother, are unwillingly drawn into a
mysterious world of magic in the small West Texas town of Fort Richards.
Their everyday lives were normal-until one Saturday in October, when a freaky
woman dressed in black stepped off the bus and entered their mom's hotel. The
woman introduced herself as Mrs. Johnson, but Maggie quickly discovers her
real name is Vivienne, and she's not who she claims to be. Vivienne reveals that
Maggie is a changeling, and that she is Maggie's true mother. Vivienne has come to
take Maggie home -with her
Maggie is betrayed by someone she trusted, and is taken by Vivienne through
The Imaginaerium Engine into the shadowy Otherworlds, to live with her.
Maggie insists she'll escape, but breaking free from webs of mystery and magic
isn't easy. As Vivienne leads Maggie through the Otherworlds, she meets allies
like the trickster Abarta and beautiful Queen Niamh. But as Maggie's powers
begin to emerge, she has a disturbing vision of a looming disaster in the
Otherworlds, orchestrated by the malevolent Fomoire. They're after the
Imaginaerium Engine, which would give them the power to destroy her family
and the world. Now, plans for escape are set aside as Maggie must figure out
how to save them all within the week.... even though she has no idea what she's doing