Siblings Casper, Jonathan, Alyssa, and Nellie Walters once had everything: two loving parents, a beautiful house in San Fransisco, and all the portable electronic gadgets they could want and get. But all that changed when Dr. Walters lost his job in a wake of a mysterious incident. Now in dire straits, the family must relocate to an old Victorian house that used to be the home of an old novelist David Scott--a house that feels simultaneously creep and to good to be true. By the time the Walters realize that their neighbors have sinister plans for them, they are banished to a forest way off the grid. Their parents? Gone. Their friends? A world away. And they aren't alone. Bloodthirsty medieval warriors patrol the woods around them, supernatural pirates roam the neighboring seas, and a power-hungry queen rules the land. To survive, the siblings will have to be braver than they ever thought possible—and to fight against their darkest impulses. The key may lie in their own connection to the secret David Scott legacy. But as they unravel that legacy, they’ll discover that it’s not just their family that’s in danger . . . it’s the entire world.