The Strange World 1:- The Strange Stone

When an ordinary Chicago boy named Noel Gucci Meyer pockets a mysterious, glowing green rock from the Calumet River, his world turns upside down. Following a bizarre bank heist and a sudden wave of eerie disappearances across the city—leaving behind nothing but swirling black soot—Noel vanishes himself and plummets into the Ma Sjdi Empire, a strange dimension of purple trees and blue sand. Alongside a mind-reading black skeleton professor and a half-Earthling archer, Noel discovers he was chosen for his unique abilities and must uncover the secrets of a royal kingdom threatened by the Shadow King and the icy Snowtigers.