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Adventure awaits in the Five Kingdoms — come and claim it in this start to a new series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.
Cole Randolph was just trying to have a fun time with his friends on Halloween (and maybe get to know Jenna Hunt a little better). But when a spooky haunted house turns out to be a portal to something much creepier, Cole finds himself on an adventure on a whole different level.
After Cole sees his friends whisked away to some mysterious place underneath the haunted house, he dives in after them — and ends up in The Outskirts.
The Outskirts are made up of five kingdoms that lie between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death. It’s an in-between place. Some people are born there. Some find their way there from our world, or from other worlds.
And once you come to the Outskirts, it’s very hard to leave.
With the magic of the Outskirts starting to unravel, it’s up to Cole and an unusual girl named Mira to rescue his friends, set things right in the Outskirts, and hopefully find his way back home... before his existence is forgotten.
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Brandon Mull
Brandon Mull has a rare talent for turning childhood daydreams into epic adventures that captivate millions of readers around the world. His fantasy novels, from the beloved Fablehaven series to the sweeping sagas of Beyonders, Five Kingdoms, and Dragonwatch, invite readers into hidden realms where magic lives alongside danger, and the choices of ordinary kids can change the fate of entire worlds.
Born in California in 1974 and raised with an imagination that never seemed to rest, Mull spent much of his childhood inventing elaborate games and imagining creatures that lurked just out of sight. That creative spark carried into his studies at Brigham Young University, where he not only honed his storytelling voice but also embraced performance as part of a sketch comedy troupe. After graduation he worked a string of day jobs—from movie promoter to filing clerk—while quietly chasing the stories that filled his mind.
Five Kingdoms
Five Kingdoms consists of five books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
