Will she become king? In the mountain kingdom of Fontanasia, Avalon Hall is born a girl, but secretly raised as a boy so the king will have a rightful heir to the throne. At fourteen, Avalon is a strong prince and wants only to become king when it is her time, but she is worried that as she gets older, it will be more difficult to conceal her gender. Avalon travels to the distant land of Cormicks, and in unveiling a plot to kill her father, she must survive slow devouring sand eels, gigantic, crushing anthracites, and a terrifying hoard of everred spiders. In a race with time to return to Fontanasia and save her family, Avalon struggles between the boy that she is pretending to be and her growing feelings for Taggerty, one of the king’s guard, whose mere presence opens a door in her mind to the possibility of a life she had never before considered.

Secretly a girl. Publicly a king. Avalon's destiny may be her downfall. The second book in the Avalon Hall trilogy. In the mountain kingdom of Fontanasia, Avalon must try to figure out who she can trust as she comes to grips with the fact that she is now king. New counselors threaten her reign, and as the Guides watch the window to Cormicks, a secret room is discovered that makes Avalon realize that Fontanasia might not be out of danger from the Monarch of Cormicks and the blood thirsty Runners. Avalon is also annoyed with the fact that Taggerty has taken a liking to Princess Zaria, and she tries to ignore her growing jealousy. Join Avalon on her second adventure to the elbagrass to save Fontanasia from a menacing enemy.

Will Avalon live long enough to find happiness? Hawker Hall is King in Cormicks and has control of the Anthracites. His next move is to crush Avalon and the whole of Fontanasia.The third book in the Avalon Hall trilogy, Avalon wants to find a future with Taggerty, but while he tries to convince Avalon to attack Cormicks, he refuses to come between King and country. As Avalon tries to deal with Taggerty’s rejection, she has to decide whether to indefinitely guard the elbagrass against an attack from Cormicks, or to take the fight to her Uncle Hawker.As Fontanasia prepares for war, Avalon develops a daring idea. In a stroke of either genius or folly, Avalon will attempt to steal the Anthracites from Hawker and ride them into Cormicks to end Hawker’s reign.In a bold end to the trilogy, can Avalon stop the war before it begins?