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Following the return of the seven lost Life Elements to the World Without in Part 2, A land in Peril, Rise of the Fras, Part 3 of the World Without trilogy sees the Marou and Fras rediscover many of their lost powers .

With this came a new prosperity and short-lived peace, leading to complacency and disunity among the Marou. Seizing new opportunities, the Fras gain the upper hand by corrupting the Elements and unleashing a tide of destruction and mayhem.

The boys and the Marou desperately search for an answer to this new period of unrest and power imbalance, eventually finding that the Essence of Life is missing. But in their attempt to find and return the Essence, the powerful Fras intercept them, and banish the boys to a place out of mind. Attacked and overpowered by the Fras, the Marou are forced to flee to their last safe-haven and, despairing, fall into conflict.

The Fras overran the besieged Marou as the boys escape the place out of mind to join the Marou's battle with the Fras, where the means to restoring the World Without is finally revealed.

Full of action, adventure and unexpected intrigue, Part 2, ‘A Land in Peril’, takes us deeper into the mysterious powers and places of the World Without.

After defeating the terrible Septus and his demented horde of Fras followers, in Last days of the Koonung, Part 1 of The World Without trilogy, Mason, Adam and Tom return to the World Without only to find that an overwhelming sickness threatens to sink the world of the Marou and Fras into darkness and a slow tormented death.The boys soon realise they have the seven Life Elements that were lost in the Diminishing, a catastrophic event that distorted the World Without and the creatures in it. As the source of all life, the Marou believe the seven Elements are the only cure to the sickness that afflicts them. The boys are tested to their limits, when they embark on a quest to save the Marou and succeed as the new ‘Keepers of the Elements’, a task only ever bestowed on the most learned and skilled of the Marou. However, even before they set off, Septus hears of their plans and sets a trap, in the hope of gaining the Elements to use against them and the World Within.During their quest, the boys must discover the true ‘Places of Finding’ and travel to the six surviving Guilds, each a centre of learning dedicated to a single Life Element. However, the Elements are hazardous and veiled in secrecy that could take their lives or entrap them forever.With the help of the Marou, Mason, Adam and Tom must overcome their own fears and weaknesses if they are to pass the tests of the Elements and overcome the trickery of Septus—only revealed in their final moments of triumph.