This story, like all good stories, begins with a wish.
Holly Shepard is an ordinary girl living a ho-hum life in the middle of the American Midwest. She asks too many questions, covers her test papers with dragon drawings, and doesn’t make the Straight A Honor Roll. But ordinary Holly Shepard is finally getting her wish: A wish for adventure.
The tricky thing about wishes is that sometimes they come true.
When Holly’s family takes an unexpected trip to rural England, a mysterious gift is waiting for her—a key that only she can use to unlock her own power.
“A gift is a powerful thing, Miss Holly. That key is alive. It knows who it belongs to.”
One turn of the key leads Holly, her brother Ben, and new friend Everett into a land beset with trouble. A kingdom of slaves. A fairy realm hidden in the wood. A lonely queen. A teenage prince. His tyrannical father. And the Sorcerer who binds them all …
“Your Ladyship is an Adept. And you will be hunted.”
When Ben and Everett are captured as criminals and sentenced to the sword, Holly must find a way to save them … and discover the power that is her destiny.
Adventure doesn’t just happen to you. You have to rise to meet it, to accept its burdens as well as its passions.
Take the gift. And enter the world of the Wandwright …
