Mere children in the real world, Mattie and Pete suddenly morph into two teenagers when they are inadvertently sucked inside a seemingly harmless fantasy book. The pair quickly find themselves desperately battling for their lives as seek to obtain freedom for the enslaved tribes of Gisper. It soon becomes clear that the crippled, one-handed Pete is somehow crucial to overcoming the vicious Veemer warriors who seek to destroy all offensive half-bloods and humans. Can his reluctant companion, the bookish Mattie, whose coming was foretold by Gisper's most trusted seer, 'rewrite' the future and...