What if you had one wish? For Sonja Drommer, the answer to that question is easy: Escape. Instead of the tedious drudgery of alternating between school and home, she wants magic and wonder to fill her days. She wants to be the hero of her own narrative, rather than feel like a minor character trapped in someone else's story. So, when Sonja meets Rith, a garrulous hippoganth, and the impossible little creature offers to grant her fondest desire, she knows immediately what she is going to wish for. Sonja wants a life of adventure. One moment, Sonja is alone in her room with nothing more to look forward to than failing another math test in the morning, and the next she is shouting orders aboard a pirate ship, lost in the wilderness, and battling dragons. She has everything she had hoped for and more. Perhaps too much more...Sonja had no idea there were so many things out there just waiting for a chance to try and kill her.