A sorcerer has emerged from the realm of fireside ghost stories. He has captured one of the three heroized King’s Watchers from the kingdom of Alonili. Against the wishes of the King’s Council, Alonili’s crown princess sets off to attempt the rescue. But how powerful is this sorcerer, and is there a deeper plot at hand than even he knows?
Short Stories
Hundreds of years before the events of Gap in the Road, young King Esmander travels to a remote village to find the girl he has been destined to marry. Yet when he arrives, he finds himself daunted by the fearless independence of the peasant family he is staying with. Royalty though he is, he is simple, timid, and uninteresting compared to these fierce fisherfolk. But simplicity is not always bad, and a heart willing to serve is of incomparable value.