"My name's Danny Ray. And I'm the best rodeo cowboy in Oklahoma--Junior Division, of course!" King Krystal of Elidor has a serious problem. The Great Chess Game is soon to begin, and Sarksa pirates have captured the queen! Elidor is desperate for her return, so a hero is summoned from the Dream Machine. Enter Danny Ray! The last thing eleven-year-old Danny remembers, he was at an amusement park back home. Then--POOF!--he finds himself in the strangest place he's ever seen. When Danny hears about King Krystal's problem, he aims to prove himself to his new friends by recapturing the queen. After all, how hard could it be to find an itty-bitty queen? Plenty hard, as Danny is about to discover....