Outline

Fin is a twelve-year-old boy who lives with his grandmother on the far outskirts of the Postland kingdom. In his town, a few cars still run and you can still hear music on the radio. But when he accidentally rescues Hattie Everling, the last living princess, he is suddenly thrust into the position of hero and savior.

Hattie needs a hero and she finds one in Fin. The land is dying, she tells him. The King is dead. People are sick. Forests swallow up whole cities. Witches and Ghouls haunt the woods and highways. Behind it all, a mysterious villain named Johnny Cyclops is gathering dark forces for one final confrontation between good and evil. Only a desperate quest to find The Well Beyond the World can reverse the course and defeat Johnny Cyclops. The world is falling apart but there may be time for one last fairy tale.

At first Fin is delighted at this opportunity for adventure and glory. After all, who wouldn't want to be the hero of a fairy tale? But when the mysterious Jack Christian joins the duo as guide, Fin begins to wonder about the true destination of their quest. While Jack is good with a sword and knows how to get out of hot situations, Fin suspects that his intentions are less than noble. Even worse, Fin increasingly loves the princess but she's hardly interested and appears to favor Jack. As the quest continues Fin must face not only headless horsemen, savage ghosts and happy cannibal gypsies (don't ask) but the fact that he might be the true Villain of the story. The ending looms and it's looking more like a Greek Tragedy than happily ever after.