The Power Awakens:: Book 2 of the Key Trilogy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781733113816)

THE POWER AWAKENS continues the adventures of twelve-year-old Oelsa as she battles Idelisia's most powerful enemy, Anvyartach the Shadow Lord, the cunning wizard banished eons ago.

While Idelisia surrenders to Anvyartach's relentless winter, Oelsa struggles to reach her grandmother who has the knowledge she needs to control the Key's powers. But when nature interferes, Oelsa's doubts grow. Why must she bear this terrible burden? Why should she have to face the evil Shadow Lord? Maybe she isn't even meant to have the Key!

Oelsa's inner turmoil grows until she's convinced she isn't the Chosen One at all, and she can't wait to make her grandmother take back this terrible "gift." Before she can find her grandmother, however, she and her companion Promelious, a winged horse, are attacked by blizzard winds and blinding snow. They are blown off course and into the MacTiren Mountains where they are rescued by Sylvi and her parents, mountain people who seem to be her strongest allies. Their proffered friendship, however, depends on their Wise Woman, Thora, whose advice is tainted by old secrets and a long-held grudge.

Alerted by the ancient Great Grandmothers of Oelsa's danger, Oelsa's grandmother G.W., along with Samson, her magical feline companion, and the woodsman Ardreas set out to find Oelsa before it's too late. Racing through the great forest Finnis Fews, they locate strong, potential allies, but persuading them to help takes precious time, time that could mean the difference between life and death for Oelsa and her companion.

While Anvyartach builds his new army of cold-hearted, inhuman monsters, Oelsa is kidnapped by her new "friends" and taken to the Shadow Lord's impenetrable fortress. Without her grandmother's essential lessons, Oelsa's efforts to arouse the hidden Key's powers fail and she must face her formidable enemies with only her courage. In these enemies' hands, the Key's power will be used to destroy Idelisia.

With her companion Promelious, a winged horse, Sylvi, a new friend, her grandmother and a magical cat, Oelsa must face more dangerous threats and outsmart ever more cunning enemies. If she cannot accept her role as Idelisia's long awaited Chosen One, everyone and everything she loves will be annihilated.

THE POWER AWAKENS, book two in "The Key Trilogy," promises to keep readers on the edge of their seats.