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During King Arthur's peaceful rule, the young daughter of Lady Alayna—who has recently become a widow after her husband, the village wizard Toland, died—becomes the target of a brutal abduction. The knights who seize her leave the family barn burning and have killed the only servant left at the household. The story follows the peril and stakes faced by a mother and child caught in the conflict between knighthood and magic.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Vivian Vande Velde
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