We live in the world of Ordinary Time. Ordinary things happen in ordinary ways to ordinary people ... but Spryce Winthrow is far from ordinary. Spryce is special-an attribute he is happy to have when he finds himself lost and wandering in the secret world of the Underground. There, he meets Ibrahm Firebrace; very quickly, Spryce's ordinary life becomes extraordinary.

Firebrace is the powerful, legendary leader of the hounds. For years, the hounds have fought back against the evil Wretchens and their army of servant Sleapers. Unluckily, though, they now find themselves one soldier short....

We live in the world of Ordinary Time. Ordinary things happen in ordinary ways to ordinary people ... but Spryce Winthrow is far from ordinary. Spryce is special-an attribute he is happy to have when he finds himself lost and wandering in the secret world of the Underground. There, he meets Ibrahm Firebrace; very quickly, Spryce's ordinary life becomes extraordinary.

Firebrace is the powerful, legendary leader of the hounds. For years, the hounds have fought back against the evil Wretchens and their army of servant Sleapers. Unluckily, though, they now find themselves one soldier short....