Realmicide Series

Somewhere out west, not so long ago, there was a town. An old town. A place so remote, so forgotten, and so removed from the modern world only the oldest maps still include its location and name: Avatar. When Ben Quay discovers one of the last maps in existence that reveals the whereabouts of Avatar, he thinks he has found a ghost town to explore, and the promise of a fun day of adventure with his parents in an abandoned mining town from the Old West. All wishes for a good time vanish after the Quay family becomes stranded and at the mercy of a handful of miserable people with lots of secrets to keep. The disruptions to the town's quiet yet tense existence causes an escalation of increasingly dire and bizarre situations that threaten to tear the dysfunctional trio further apart. Their woes then become greatly complicated by a pair of travelers who arrive soon after they do: An exceedingly average businessman with a very unusual agenda, and a sharply dressed young magician on a search for a missing personal item he refuses to describe. With the threat looming of a terrifying third traveler, Ben is desperate to unravel Avatar's mysteries before it is too late for him and his rapidly self-destructing parents. Seeking aid from his new friends and an intriguingly peculiar horse, he starts out on his quest for answers, hoping to bring a peaceful end to a long, hot day. But, as Ben quickly learns, this is only the beginning... approx 375 pages