The Guardians' Keys

When Alikia Spark and her newfound friend, Dash, are ripped from their world and pulled into the mystical and warring realm of Tria Urbus, getting back home is the only thing on their minds. Undertaking the identities of warriors and being assigned guardians for protection, Alikia and Dash agree to join a mission, so long as they are allowed to return home when the job is complete. But when the mission goes awry and Alikia is captured, their worlds plummet into a haze of nightmares, darkness, and pain. Escape is futile. Rescue has never been successful. As both fight to find a way to return to their own world, secrets from their pasts emerge to drag them down. Lives are at risk. New threats make themselves known, bringing whispers of war. Dash only has one chance to attempt a rescue. Alikia only has one chance to do what has never been done before. If they don't succeed, there will be no chance of ever returning home, and their new lives as warriors will come to a bitter end.

-- Ella Hanners