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A desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and Reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of a floating arcane laboratory that’s home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone, and is using it to transform the lab into a virulent pink crystal that spreads to everything it touches. It’s only a matter of time before this sparkling disaster crash-lands, but in order to find the stone and save the whole planet from being King Midased, our heroes will have to fight their way through a gauntlet of rowdy robots and crystal golems, decide whether they can trust the evasive Lucas Miller, and solve the mystery of what―or who―has put them all in peril, before there’s no world left to save. Praise for The Adventure Zone series: \"Topping the New York Times bestseller list and building out its stories in fascinating new ways . . . it’s become a cultural phenomenon.\" —Entertainment Weekly \"Full of charm and snark and wit. Join the party!\" —Felicia Day, author of Embrace Your Inner Weird \"The Adventure Zone is fun, hilarious, and also smart. Hey, guys, can I have a cameo next time?” —Adam Savage, MythBusters “My excitement about this existing cannot be dwarfed by anything. You see what I did there.” —Jean Grae, hip-hop artist, actor, and comedian “Gorgeous art—the characters come to life! I am so happy that this graphic novel is a thing that exists in the world.” —Hank Green, author of Crash Course and The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Books in The Adventure Zone series: The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins (Book 1) The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited (Book 2) The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal (Book 3) The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom (Book 4) The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour (Book 5) The Adventure Zone: The Suffering Game (Book 6)","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781250232656","publication_date":"20210713","publisher":"First Second","slug":"the-adventure-zone-the-crystal-kingdom","subtitle":"","title":"The Adventure Zone: the Crystal Kingdom"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"JUV008080","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Fantasy Comics","score":0.7719,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV008040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Action Comics","score":0.7697,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAF010050","confidence_band":"medium","label":"YA Action & Adventure Comics","score":0.7636,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"JUV008080","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Fantasy Comics","score":0.7719,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"JUV008040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Action Comics","score":0.7697,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"YAF010050","confidence_band":"medium","label":"YA Action & Adventure Comics","score":0.7636,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"CGN004030","confidence_band":"high","label":"Fantasy Comics","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"CGN014000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Comics & Graphic Novels / Graphic Novels","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"CGN018000","confidence_band":"high","label":"COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Action & Adventure","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Fantasy Comics","score":0.7719,"slug":"fantasy-comics"},{"label":"Action Comics","score":0.7697,"slug":"action-comics"},{"label":"YA Action & Adventure Comics","score":0.7636,"slug":"ya-action-adventure-comics"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy Fantasy Comics","Good for readers interested in comics","Good for fans of Graphic Novels"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Kazu Kibuishi"],"book_id":"9780439846837","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780439846837.jpg?v=20260416T232012Z%3A2026-04-17T10%3A17%3A29Z","score":14.7907,"title":"The Stonekeeper's Curse: a Graphic Novel (amulet #2)","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780439846837"},{"authors":["Kazu Kibuishi"],"book_id":"9780545828659","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780545828659.jpg?v=20260416T232012Z%3A2026-04-17T10%3A17%3A29Z","score":14.7524,"title":"Waverider: a Graphic Novel (amulet #9)","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780545828659"},{"authors":["Judd Winick"],"book_id":"9780593305300","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593305300.jpg?v=20260416T232012Z%3A2026-04-17T10%3A17%3A29Z","score":14.6385,"title":"Hilo Presents: the Mighty","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593305300"},{"authors":["Dave Scheidt","Karl Jacobs","Kelly Matthews","Nichole Matthews"],"book_id":"9781506734217","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781506734217.jpg?v=20260416T232012Z%3A2026-04-17T10%3A17%3A29Z","score":12.4031,"title":"Time Traveler Tales","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781506734217"},{"authors":["Michael Tanner","Greg Smith","Zach Lehner","& 0 more"],"book_id":"9781620105269","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781620105269.jpg?v=20260416T232012Z%3A2026-04-17T10%3A17%3A29Z","score":12.3391,"title":"Junior Braves of the Apocalypse Vol. 1","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781620105269"},{"authors":["Tui T. 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