![]() ![]() This action-packed first book in a trilogy will bring Tolkien to mind, from the depiction of the cozy world of the hobbit-like little werlings to the varied horrors of the other races that inhabit the forest, stirring and gory battle scenes, a magical dagger, and a power-hungry great enemy. The High Lady will stop at nothing to find that casket, and she sends her nightmarish minions the thorn ogres after the werlings to find out what they know about it. ![]() He tells them a dark tale about the murderous treachery of the cruel, beautiful High Lady who rules the forest, and about the golden casket in which her heart is secreted, which he has hidden away. Lucky for the werlings, a Wandering Smith happens by in time to save them. A talented older boy named Finnen comes to his aid, but even his skills are of no use against the monstrous Frighty Aggie, who is part wasp and part spider. To help avoid detection, the werlings are capable of transforming themselves into various small animals, though a plump, clumsy little student named Gamaliel is having a hard time learning how to do this. To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: "Hide and be safe": that's the motto of an almost-forgotten race of little creatures called werlings who dwell in the trees at the edge of a great forest. Thorn ogres of Hagwood." The Free Library. ![]()
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