Josh Anvil and the Pivotal Weapon

After Josh and Troy saved Baton Rouge from burning down, they entered a strange, water-filled portal. Now they find themselves in a strange world called Leiasam. They've come to explore, excited for what wonders await them. But soon they are on the run from the aliens who conquered this world, and find themselves immersed in a terrible war that has spanned millennia. Weaved in YA fantasy and science fiction with elements of action and comedy, Josh Anvil and The Pivotal Weapon follows the other-world adventures of two Louisiana first-year high school students with extraordinary powers.