A wonderfully strange first graphic novel by a well known children's book author. Fifty people are summoned in the middle of the night to the castle when the queen of their island dies. They learn that there is to be a contest to determine the new grand leader. The contestants are a mixed bunch- a witch, a priest, a warrior, a lawyer, many courtiers and the Kite Lord's daughter. They are magically flung across the land and struggle to make their way back in time to escape a deadly enchantment. A dark book with flares of quirky humor. I enjoyed it, and am curious to see where the story goes in later volumes.