While on vacation at Lake Powell and the Grand Canyon, thirteen-year-old twins Bryce and Ashley try to prevent the theft of a famous tennis player's necklace, only to land their entire family in danger.
The Timberline family makes a weekend getaway for a visit to a gold exhibit but it leads to a search for a stolen gold nugget and danger for the entire family.
Having accepted his role as Wormling, Owen Reeder and his new friends from the Lowlands continue their search for the King's son while keeping safe from the evil Dragon, in a dangerous attempt to fulfill the prophesy of uniting Owen's world with the Lowlands.
Having discovered that he is the King's Son, Owen contemplates his future with trepidation as he must fulfill his destiny to lead the battle with the Dragon, unite the worlds of the Highlands and the Lowlands, and marry a princess.
The Wormling, Owen Reeder, in his continued search for the King's Son, seeks advice from the Scribe, but along the way is constantly plagued by the Changeling, who can change shapes instantaneously, and is sent by the evil Dragon.
Guided by a mysterious book and invisible guardians, meek high-schooler Owen Reeder learns that there is another world besides his ordinary one, where he is destined to face an evil dragon in order to make his own world safe and whole again.
Owen Reeder, the Wormling, faces a final battle with the Dragon, strengthened by his reading of "The Book of the King, " and the knowledge that his friends and his very weakness can see him through his greatest challenge.
Judd, Vicki, Ryan, and Lionel, four friends left behind to face the tribulation after their families vanish during the Rapture, struggle to spread their Christian faith while avoiding capture by the evil Global Community.
