All Daphne wanted was to get lost in a good story. But then she did. Ever since that magic fountain pen mysteriously showed up, her writing career had taken off. She had everything she ever wanted: crowds of adoring readers, fantastic sales numbers, even a flourishing relationship with the long-time love of her life, Mark. Then, one day, she and Mark opened the door to head out for lunch — and found themselves looking out at an apocalyptic, monster-ridden landscape: the very setting of her first failed fantasy series. As if being stuck in her own dangerous story-world weren’t bad enough, it seems the story-world has started taking over the entire “real” world. Then one of the horrific monsters Daphne created snatches Mark, carrying him off to the fortress of the evil Wordmaster. This is Daphne’s story-world, right? She should be able to control it. She should at least understand it. But the story has taken on a life of its own. Now the countdown is on to reset the lines between fiction and reality.