The Perilous Crossing
- Authors
- Patton, L.R.
- Publisher
- Batlee Press
- Tags
- dragons and danger , magical kings and kingdoms , historical fairy tale adventure and quest , epic fantasy fairy tale retelling , middle grade literature with magical creatures , arthurian tales and fables , nursery rhymes with fairies and shapeshifters and wizards and swords and sorcery
- Date
- 2016-05-31T22:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.12 MB
- Lang
- en
An underground trap. A magic gift, waning. Death, waiting in the wings.
Arthur, Maude and twenty-four children are trapped beneath the earth when the portal to their underground home is destroyed by one of the kings men. Now they face certain death, though death is what they hoped to avoid in hiding where no eye could see them. There is no way out, for the childrens magic has steadily faded, because they are hungry and thirsty and most of all tired. Yes, most of all tired.
But one of the girls has a plan. And while she hatches her plan, the people of Fairendale make plans of their own, even as the kings own son, who misses the missing children, vows to save the friends he lost, the friends for whom the king searches, the friends who could very well, even now, be lost forever. But his plan may cost him his life. Is a prince willing to sacrifice his life? Perhaps. Or perhaps this is anothers decision entirely.
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