A boy named Jack Soyer and his mother, a ruined actress, are forced to move from place to place, fleeing debts and persecution. Jack feels more sharply than ever that his mother will die soon—and he doesn’t know how to help her. But soon he learns that a mission has been entrusted to him: to open a passage between worlds and find the mysterious Talisman. Only then will he be able to save his mother from death, and the whole world—from the imbalance of the forces of light and darkness.
The search leads him to the Territories—full of dangers.
A chilling story of a fantastic journey into a strange world. The book works like… like magic.