What happens when the boundaries between dreams and reality blur and disappear? When the recurrent dreams that Emma suffers from develop into hallucinations, she turns to her friends to try to find the reasons behind them. But after dabbling with a Ouija board, Emma and her friends find themselves embroiled in the events of an alternate world, Elsynvaal, where things are not quite what they seem. Soon after arriving at the Court of Elasyn, Emma and her friends begin to feel uneasy when they discover that the young Prince, Hamnet, has been disinherited and his throne usurped by his uncle. Only after they meet Master Will, a poet, do they realise that there are striking parallels with the plot-line of William Shakespeare's tragedy, "Hamlet." As things escalate, Horatio, the mage who brought them to Elsynvaal, tries to send them home, only to discover that the way back to their home world is blocked. They cannot cross over. They cannot go home.