In Search for Senna, the settings contribute much to the suspense and the fantasyescapism of the story. Everworld as a whole is full of surprises for David, Jalil, Christopher, and April. David says they were all near a pier, where Senna was, then, The clouds twisted as if a tornado were forming. The pier seemed almost to curl, like a pig's tail. I looked at Jalil. His face was turning inside out. Inside out! I could see the back of his eyes, the gray wrinkled brain, the heaving, gasping trachea in his throat.

Later, David revives and discovers himself in a bad situation: "I was hanging by my arms. My back was against a stone wall.

Stones as big as cars. Chains were attached to my wrists with shackles. The chains and shackles could have held King Kong." This is his unfriendly introduction to Everworld.

At first, David...