It is harvest-time and a season of plenty in sea-bound Englalond, which lies in the farthest reaches of the Hyddenworld. But within its borders disaster looms. A blight ravages the land, marked by quakes and unnatural blizzards. Judith is tasked with healing the land, and through it the hydden and human worlds, but her burden seems too great. Lonely and lovelorn, she threatens to reap a terrible harvest of her own. But a trio of hydden travellers offer hope. For Judith’s parents, the shadow of the Empire’s army looms large. They must summon help, or Brum, the fabled city of liberty and resistance, will fall. While only their wayward friend Bedwyn Stort has the skills needed to unravel the secret of the lost gem on which so much depends. But his quest seems no more than a tangle of uncertainty and doomed love…
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