The Shape of Time (Rymworld Arcana, Book 1)

A middle-grade mind-bending adventure from award-winning author Ryan Calejo, destined to be an instant classicnow in paperback Fourteen-year-old Antares De La Vega is a natural born adventurer. He dreams of journeying across burning deserts, trekking through wild and uncharted jungles, sailing the furthest reaches of the seasand yet, hes never even stepped foot outside of South Florida . . . But that all changes when strange creatures come leaping out of lightning bolts to kidnap him. Locked away in a secret prison in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle, Antares meets 14-year-old Magdavella, a mysterious and iron-willed girl who opens his eyes to a shocking truth: that this world is a far different place than hes been led to believe. He learns of the existence of the Flat Earth Society, an ancient secret order, whose main function is to keep the world beyond the great Ice Wall a mysterya land known as Rymworld. But Rymworld is in trouble. Led by a nameless evil, a sinister group of mystics seek to seize control over its only truly resource: time itself. Antares and Magdavella must set out beyond the edges of any map to discover the undiscoverable: a lost and forgotten island where there is rumored to exist a legendary artifact: a mythical compass that just might hold the key to foiling the mystics plans. Following a series of intricately concealed clues left behind by Magdavellas parents (clues Antares seems to be the key to unlocking), they must wield both geometry and alchemy, outsmart molemen and mermaids, and outrun fiendish outer space aliensall while attempting to solve a riddle as old and mystifying as the sun.