In 1840, an international team of archaeologists set out in search of the fabled City of the First King. While excavating in the Arabian Desert, our three heroes find something more incredible than any lost city: The Book of Everything.

Shortly after this artifact is unearthed, the young daughter of one of the archaeologists is idly doodles, which leads to the shocking discovery that anything written in the Book of Everything becomes reality.

The Book of Everything provides the focal point for the first season - all the characters soon desperate to get their hands on it, none of them yet aware of the terrible danger it represents.