A Hero's Curse (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780996544610)

The fun and fantastical adventure of Essie Brightsday, a young blind girl who is propelled on a perilous journey to find her realm's missing king.The story is a fast-paced adventure of pain and hope and heroism in the face of family cover ups, an unstable kingdom, a lost king and a vindictive daemon. And she happens to have a talking cat. "For nearly ten years a strange drought has consumed the Kingdom of Mar. Essie, her sarcastic cat Tigrabum, (just call him "Tig"), and her secretive family are struggling to survive on their small farm nestled against the forbidding cliffs of the Valley of Fire. And then a rebellion against the cruel interim ruler is sparked. Forced to flee for their lives Essie and Tig lose themselves in the twisting labyrinth of the ancient lava flow. When Essie finds proof that the missing King Mactogonii may be alive, she is given the opportunity to help restore stability to the kingdom. But the course of her journey will force her to face her deepest fears and unravel the mystery behind her own blindness."