Because sometimes legends aren't just stories, and what lies on the other side of the mirror is far worse than reality.
Gideon knew right away that there was something strange about the new mirror at his father's museum, one that legends say belonged to the famous storyteller, Queen Scheherazade. When his jealous best friend Jason dares him to touch it at night, when it's supposed to be at it's most powerful, they are both in for a surprise. Thrown into a dangerous new world beyond the glass, Gideon and Jason must work past their bitter feelings for each other to find the mirror's magic gem that can send them home.
But there are dark forces in this new land that neither of them could have ever expected. Evil maharajahs, sinister djinns, and exotic assassins populate the treacherous world of Scheherazade's tales. It may take more than these two teens have in them to find their way home from the land wilder than imagination itself.