A modern fantasy for everyone who'd leave their nine-to-five and return to Narnia and Neverland.

When Derek Karay tells his millions of followers that he has visited a perfect world beyond our own, they believe him. When he announces he will never eat again as a sign of his devotion, they weep. When he fills a Philadelphia park with thousands of believers and promises to lead them home, they follow.
Jacob Wheliman watches all of this from a distance, as he always has. He knows Derek. He grew up three houses down. He knows about Pelagon.

He also knows Derek is telling the truth. And the truth is more dangerous than anyone could possibly imagine.

A novel about belief, estrangement, and what happens when the world you wished was real turns out to be so much more complex than the mythology ever promised.