An imaginative childhood game becomes a mind-bending reality for five cousins when they're transported to their made-up land-now a real country on the verge of war."An intricate sparkling web of intrigue and magic. One of my very favorites."-Patricia C. Wrede, author of Dealing with Dragons"It captures, as almost no other book on games-coming-true has captured, the real magic of making stuff up, of running scenes and characters that stretch your idea of who and what you might grow up to be."-Delia Sherman, author of The Porcelain DoveThey thought it was a game, but it was its own world .
An imaginative childhood game becomes a mind-bending reality for five cousins when they're transported to their made-up land-now a real country on the verge of war."An intricate sparkling web of intrigue and magic. One of my very favorites."-Patricia C. Wrede, author of Dealing with Dragons"It captures, as almost no other book on games-coming-true has captured, the real magic of making stuff up, of running scenes and characters that stretch your idea of who and what you might grow up to be."-Delia Sherman, author of The Porcelain DoveThey thought it was a game, but it was its own world .