Combatant

Sixteen-year-old Tess has never been more bored, so she's almost glad when she steps into a world that is not her own. It even seems as if everything could be perfect for the first time in her life; Otherworld has people with all sorts of odd abilities, a magical military school she's stumbled into attending, and an abundance of mysteries she can't wait to investigate.The catch? Oh, not much. A war is brewing with familiar faces on both sides, and she's thrown herself right into the middle of it.At least she's not alone, although her allies are unpredictable and strange: a prophet who fancies himself the protagonist of some great adventure, a shapeshifter with a genius intellect matched only by dumb luck, a human who has swindled her way into magic, a quiet kid who's far more talented than he looks, a boxer who can control emotions, and the most unusual person of all: an avid reader.Cast adrift, Tess and her friends set out on an adventure to save themselves-and, with luck, the world.