In this coming-of-age Middle Grade fantasy adventure, young and unsuspecting heroine, Talitha Hoomkin, finds herself trapped in a magical kingdom on a knife edge. Soon she is fighting for survival against trolls and boggarts and the snakish Darkling tribe, followers of the mighty Serpent King, Erabus who spreads darkness and deceit from his lair in the Black Fort hidden deep in the Nether Realms. But his rebellious daughter Princess Frae and the creatures of the Forest of Timor, led by red-tailed Rata Goldentooth, are determined to fight their fate. Tallie quickly joins them and discovers how powerful she really is. With the help of the Schorl Stone, a magic pendant left to her by her Gran, she attempts to turns the tables on the forces of darkness and restore peace to the Kingdom of Timor. She must return the Schorl Stone to its rightful keeper, the Lady of the Loom, before it is too late. Will she find the...