Twelve-year-old Bowie Bakerson does not want to be a stage magician like his mother and father. He wants to be a real magician like ones his Popop writes about. When Popop begins to forget things Bowie's parents don't know what to do, and when he vanishes only Bowie knows how to find him. By taking his Grimoire and following him into the world of Pirates, Shape Shifters, and evil wizards known only as The Land.