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Jack Galloway has had enough of life and is chasing a high he just can't seem to find. Upon meeting with a drug dealer from his school, he is given some mysterious, bean-shaped pills that just so happen to be nothing but beans. However, Relatively Normal beans do not grow miles and miles into the sky overnight, drawing attention from everyone around and destroying the very idea of reality on Earth.
Now, in order to restore his Relatively Normal world, Jack must embark on a mission with a girl he barely knows from high school, Red Crawford, who just so happens to be the only one he knows who has encountered a tear in the non-magical reality they live in.
The beanstalk, too tall and too wide to climb, leads them down a rabbit hole to the strange and nonsensical Underland, where they must go through insane trials in order to reach the answer to their problems -- the Giants, magical creatures who live in Overland and can rid the Relatively Normal world of that pesky beanstalk. However, the beanstalk and its effects on reality might just be the least of their worries when they reach the dark, mysterious Overland.
“You’re not looking in the right place,” the voice said again. It was distinctly male, although it didn’t necessarily sound human. It was soft and silky, almost like a purr.
Jack frowned,
looking all around him, and jumped so hard he crashed into Red when he saw a
pair of yellow eyes and a wide, ridiculous smile with pointed fangs on top of
the hedge. Slowly, a fuzzy face started to materialize around it, and then a
long, thick body and a fluffy tail. A cat, although it didn’t look like any cat
Jack had ever seen before. The smile was all-knowing, mysterious, and
unnerving. The fur was striped bright blue and dark purple. It studied them
with eyes that seemed to peer right into their souls.
“Could you help
us find them then?” Jack asked, then rolled his eyes. He couldn’t believe he
was talking to a cat, and almost without hesitation. He was starting to think
he might be losing his mind.
“I mean you’re
not looking in the right place for your question.” Somehow, it seemed as if the
cat’s eyes had grown larger. He sat up, tilting his head to stare at them, and
began to lick his paw.
Jack looked over
at Red, but she appeared just as confused as he felt. His skin prickled in fear
as Red said, “Question? What question?”
“I don’t know,”
the cat purred. “You tell me. I know you have one. I see it all over your
faces. I just know the answer isn’t here. Not with me, not with the queen.”
“The queen?”
“Yes. The Queen of Hearts.”
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