Book description
Continuing from the adventure begun in Hyddenworld . . . Born of the
Hyddenworld but living in our reality - Jack knows that he has a foot in
both worlds but doesn't wholly belong to either. Even his relationship
with his wife can't convince him that this is the place where he truly
belongs. He has to decide - is he human, or hydden? Leaving everything
he loves behind, including his daughter Judith, Jack travels back to the
Hyddenworld to try to find the missing gem of summer. Judith is also a
child of two worlds with her human mother and giant-born hyddenworld
father. She knows her destiny, she knows who she is supposed to be - but
she's tortured. She feels just like a normal teenage girl, with typical
teenage angst. How could she possibly be the legendary Shield-Maiden?
While Judith tries to come to term with her future, the world around her
is starting to deteriorate. The weather is changing and destruction and
upheaval follow in its wake. Jack knows that the four gems need to be
reunited soon and that the Shield-Maiden needs to be ready to wield
them. And if Judith can't accept her destiny, or the gems can't be
found, then both the Hydden world and the human are threatened with
extinction.
William Horwood is the author of the bestselling classic Duncton
Wood and Wolves of Time series. William has returned to his hallmark
fantasy in this epic series following the flow of the seasons.
Hyddenworld is the first of four books in the Hyddenworld
series. William lives and works in Oxford.
