Other World
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Derry Rafferty has always despised and the sea ever since her twin brother, Doran, was washed away in a tidal wave. Being fifteen and in Los Angelas, where hanging out at the beach is the norm, Derry quickly became the outcast in her school-the odd ones out. She's haunted by the memory of her dead brother and nothing helps the pain until comes face to face with her fear-standing at the very beach where her brother was killed, and then she herself gets swept away.
To her surprise, she lands in another dimension, called the Other World. She thought her life was over when Doran died, but it had only just begun.
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This is about an experience of an adventure loving girl named Ava who goes for an expedition with her friends towards the mysterious Sea of Cordelia. It was rumored that whoever goes there never comes back again. Their ship wrecked by a howling storm leading them to a new world, a new life which is completely different from their own lifes, a new journey and new story to begin which leads us towards some hidden horryfying mysteries. . . . . . . What could have happened to them? What is that hidden mystery of Cordelia? Where do the people disappear? What happened to them after they went to that unknown place, did they return? Does it changed their whole life? The world is so wide, is there really such places which connects us to a different world? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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