The Divide is a magical place
on a mountain ridge that separates two river systems - the watershed.
Felix visits Costa Rica with
his parents. This will probably be their last holiday together
as Felix is very sick and does not have long to live. He straddles
The Divide, passes out, and wakes up to find himself in another
dimension. In this place fabulous creatures are real, and Felix
is the mythical being. He is befriended by Betony, a spirited
tangle-child, and together they set out to find a cure for his
illness, and the way back home.
In
a land where magic is everyday, and science is the stuff of
myth, Felix himself becomes the quarry of Snakeweed. Snakeweed
is a japegrin with big ideas; ruthless and unscrupulous. He
uses devil-hyenas - known as sinistroms - to do his dirty work,
and sees Felix's world as an untapped market for magic.
Despite numerous obstacles Felix
and Betony obstinately pursue their quest in this strange world,
and are helped by many different creatures. But Felix is running
out of time, and he knows it.
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