Introducing an exciting new shared-world series by some of Australia's leading writers for children. Long ago, a craft of mystical beings, the Shimmaron, crashed in country Australia. Water filled the crash site forming a mysterious purple lake which the locals called Shimmer. The town of Amethyst was built around the lake. The force of the crash scattered the Shimmaron through time and space. They long to go home but they can't until enough of them return to the lake. Only the children of Amethyst can hear their cries for help.

When a huge willy-willy interrupts a very ordinary trip to Grandpa's farm, Jean and Lawrence finds themselves thrust into the strange world of Scintillon, where balancing the forces of nature is a matter of survival. Before they can return home they must save Scintillon from the villainous Roses. But will the lost Shimmaron help or hinder their cause? The quest to reunite the lost Shimmaron continues in this thrilling instalment from the award-winning Margo Lanagan.

She knelt on the stage and studied him thoughtfully. 'You're not from around here, are you?' 'In a way we are, you see my brother and I...' No sooner have Sam and Lincoln arrived in their new home town of Amethyst than they find themselves drawn to its mysterious purple lake. Summoned by the lost Wizard Shimmaron, the boys find themselves transported to a strange kingdom where nothing is quite as it seems. The brothers must find the wizard and get back to Amethyst, or face life in the Evil Overlord's sinister army.