Welcome to the wild and wacky alternate worlds fantasy series. “I’ve enjoyed every book DeChancie has written!” (Steven Brust, New York Times–bestselling author).

Imagine life in an ironically magical world where 144,000 doors separate fiction from reality. A place that can hypnotize even the most grounded philosophy major and deliver a fantastical rhyme to his reason. A place where a best buddy resembles a shaggy carpet, and adventures surpass a boy's dreams . . . welcome to Castle Perilous.