Tom Trueheart wants to be an adventurer like his six older brothers They're all employed by the Story Bureau Each story is started off by the Story Bureau and it's up to the adventurer to make of the story what he will But this time something's gone wrong - none of the stories are being finished and none of the Trueheart brothers have returned home Now Tom must set off to the Land of Stories, find out what has happened to his brothers and bring them back