Join a daring expedition into strange new lands with this official Minecraft novel! When a young man is ripped from his quiet life and stranded far from home,he must learn not only how to survivebut how to live. Stax Stonecutter has lived a peacefulΓÇöif unremarkableΓÇölife in his small town in the Overworld. The son of great adventurers and wise buildersStax prefers an easier life. He loves to tend to his gardens and play with his cats all dayrather than venturing out to explore the surrounding lands. ItΓÇÖs quiet on his estateeven lonely sometimesbut it suits Stax well enough. His solitude is shattered when a mysterious stranger arrives with a band of merciless raiders. In one terrible nightStaxΓÇÖs old life is taken from himand he is left stranded in the middle of nowhereangry and alone. HeΓÇÖs never left homeand now he knows why: everything beyond the boundaries of his little town is scary and dangerous! But as he begins his long journey backStax encounters fascinating travelers who show him that thereΓÇÖs more to the Overworld than marauding pirates and frightening mobs; there are beautiful lands to explorefantastical contraptions to buildand new friends to meet. It may have taken losing everything he once knewbut on his adventure Stax finds something more valuable than all the diamonds in the Overworld: a whole wonderful world thatΓÇÖs just waiting to be explored.