Gulliver Wimple feels like a beetle in a chicken coop. Haunted by his name and taunted by his peers, the sophomore bench warmer is a walking target at Hoefield High. Things spiral from miserable to perilous when he is pulled through a portal and meets Dar, a peculiar little girl who leads him on a quest through strange waters and dark passageways swarming with cruel and sinister Beguilers.

The future of everyone Gull cares about is at stake as he must distinguish between the voices of Wisdom and Folly, avoid savage predators, and learn to wield the game-changing power of The Gems of Dara Mhór.