In this fantasy based very loosely on the biblical story of King David, teenaged Aidan has become the triumphant, giant-slaying hero of the court of King Darrow of Corenwald. Darrow, increasingly paranoid and depressed, sends Aidan on an impossible quest to retrieve the mysterious frog orchid, whose essence is the cure for melancholia. He must travel to the depths of the Feechiefen Swamp–a journey from which no Corenwalder has ever returned.
2007-2008 Lamplighter Award
Reading Level: 5.7
Published by Broadman & Holman
Copyright May 1, 2005
ISBN# 0-8054-3132-2 (HB)
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