The Merchant Of Death: D.J. MacHale

Book I of Pendragon. Fourteen year old Bobby Pendragon is going to save the world - and not just the Earth as we know it. Bobby is swept from his home to an alternate dimension called Denduron, a territory inhabited by strange beings, ruled by a magical tyrant and plagued by dangerous revolution. If Bobby wants to see his family again, he must accept his role and fight the evil that threatens the destruction of humanity. Because he is about to discover Denduron is only the beginning...Cover art by Paul Young.