The forest calls her its Bridge. The kingdom calls her its lost princess. The shadow that ruined Aedria calls her his door. At the edge of the Verdant Vale, Elna has always been the woodcutter's strange daughter-the girl the trees lean toward, the girl whose temper can send leaves falling out of season. One night she learns a truth that shatters everything she knew: she is the child of a murdered king and queen, blessed at birth by the forest's Four spirits and destined to stand between a dying kingdom and the shadowbinding lord who is eating it from the roots up.
Torn from her trees and carried to a palace of stone by a wary Vyrennian prince, Elna must learn to wield power that could heal the Vale-or open a door that lets the sorcerer, Maelric, devour what's left of the forests. To survive, she'll have to decide who to trust: the forest that raised her, the prince who would protect her, the guardian who watched her grow in secret.or herself.
The forest calls her its Bridge. The kingdom calls her its lost princess. The shadow that ruined Aedria calls her his door. At the edge of the Verdant Vale, Elna has always been the woodcutter's strange daughter-the girl the trees lean toward, the girl whose temper can send leaves falling out of season. One night she learns a truth that shatters everything she knew: she is the child of a murdered king and queen, blessed at birth by the forest's Four spirits and destined to stand between a dying kingdom and the shadowbinding lord who is eating it from the roots up.
Torn from her trees and carried to a palace of stone by a wary Vyrennian prince, Elna must learn to wield power that could heal the Vale-or open a door that lets the sorcerer, Maelric, devour what's left of the forests. To survive, she'll have to decide who to trust: the forest that raised her, the prince who would protect her, the guardian who watched her grow in secret.or herself.