Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual, nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave, but that he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly are the threats that exist...

Vega Jane and her friend Delph have taken the map that Quentin Harris left them and set out from the town of Wormwood, determined to brave the Quag and find freedom on the other side--but the Quag was designed to keep the town people in, and it is filled with bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic, and it is not going to let them escape unscathed.

¿Por qué habría huido Quentin Hermes al Quag? Allí no había nada salvo muerte segura. Primera entrega de la serie juvenil «Vega Jane» Vega Jane nunca ha salido del pueblo de Amargura. Pero eso no es nada raro, porque nadie ha salido nunca de ese lugar. Por lo menos hasta que Quentin Hermes desaparece en el reino de lo desconocido. Vega sabe que Quentin no sólo se marchó, sino que, además, lo perseguían. Y ha dejado una serie de pistas muy...

Having discovered the truth about the town of Wormwood before surviving the dangerous wilderness of the Quag, heroine Vega Jane, who has endured more than anyone before her, is confronted by devastating forces unlike any she has ever encountered.