There was a heavy clunk of machinery followed by a pall of silence and then the great-grandmother clock called out the hour, its resident ghoul howling thirteen times. The clock had struck thirteen. Anything past twelve meant only one thing.

A missing monarch, a long-lost heir ... and so it all started.

Dark times befall van Tristaen's Land when the self-proclaimed queen, the ruthless Morphin Servina, seizes power following her sister's untimely disappearance. Yet worse is to come, for the rogue queen plots to control fate itself. The Flier Jojo, and his intrepid Messenger, the little moth Matterhorn, embark on a perilous journey as they strive to thwart Servina in her evil intent. Forced to cross far-flung dimensions their quest proves to be a treacherous undertaking which pits them against Black Witches, giant Widow Spiders and the notoriously blood-thirsty Elemental Dragons. But darker forces lurk ... as they tread this path into unimaginable danger they do not travel alone, for there are those who will stop at nothing to see them fail.