A magical boy. A jealous king. A dangerous discovery.
The Secret is a dark but invigorating beginning to an epic fantasy series inspired by well known fairy tales, fables and nursery rhymes, from award-winning author L.R. Patton. This fast-paced literary fantasy is perfect for fans of Harry Potter, The Land of Stories and the Earthsea series.

King Willis is a dreadful king--cruel, ostentatious, and (dare we say it?) large. The kingdom of Fairendale is the most beautiful of all the lands, and he is the one who rules it. How very fortunate.
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A singular obsession. A safe hiding place. A never-ending search.
Fairendale, a dark but invigorating epic fantasy series from award-winning author L.R. Patton-- perfect for fans of Harry Potter, the Land of Stories, and the Earthsea Trilogy--continues with Book 2, The Pursuit, where readers will meet shape shifters, mermaids and townspeople who are more than what they seem.

The king's guard has been searching all the lands of the realm for the missing Fairendale children. But, alas, Captain Sir Greyson has returned, after many days, to report...

An underground trap. A magic gift, waning. Death, waiting in the wings.
Award-Winning author L.R. Patton returns with Book 3 of the dark but invigorating epic fantasy Fairendale series, perfect for fans of Harry Potter, the Land of Stories, and Earthsea series. The tale continues with Book 3, The Crossing, where readers will meet dragons, wizards, good men and bad men, and old crones in the woods.

Arthur, Maude and twenty-four children are trapped beneath the earth when the portal to their underground home is destroyed by one of the king's men....

An underground trap. A magic gift, waning. Death, waiting in the wings.
Award-Winning author L.R. Patton returns with Book 3 of the dark but invigorating epic fantasy Fairendale series, perfect for fans of Harry Potter, the Land of Stories, and Earthsea series. The tale continues with Book 3, The Crossing, where readers will meet dragons, wizards, good men and bad men, and old crones in the woods.

Arthur, Maude and twenty-four children are trapped beneath the earth when the portal to their underground home is destroyed by one of the king's men....

A dangerous crossing. An arid wasteland. A smattering of footprints.
The Dragons is a dark but wildly invigorating tale from award-winning author L.R. Patton, perfect for fans of Harry Potter, the Land of Stories, and the Earthsea series. Book 4 of the series, The Dragons continues the story of the children of Fairendale, still desperately fleeing for their lives but faced with the danger of crossing the border between the Weeping Woods and the dragon lands of Morad--a boundary line that has not been crossed since the people of Fairendale and the...

A dangerous crossing. An arid wasteland. A smattering of footprints.
The Dragons is a dark but wildly invigorating tale from award-winning author L.R. Patton, perfect for fans of Harry Potter, the Land of Stories, and the Earthsea series. Book 4 of the series, The Dragons continues the story of the children of Fairendale, still desperately fleeing for their lives but faced with the danger of crossing the border between the Weeping Woods and the dragon lands of Morad--a boundary line that has not been crossed since the people of Fairendale and the...

An army of dragons. A vital remembering. An unexpected attack.
The Aftermath is the fifth book in the dark but invigorating Fairendale series from award-winning author L.R. Patton, perfect for fans of Harry Potter, the Land of Stories, and the Earthsea series.

The Weeping Woods has been all but destroyed by the fire of dragons. But still Maude and the children, who miraculously escaped from the dragon army that blocked them from the king's men, agree to venture inside and attempt yet another hiding place, this one without their beloved Arthur,...

A singular obsession. A safe hiding place. A never-ending search.
Fairendale, a dark but invigorating epic fantasy series from award-winning author L.R. Patton-- perfect for fans of Harry Potter, the Land of Stories, and the Earthsea Trilogy--continues with Book 2, The Pursuit, where readers will meet shape shifters, mermaids and townspeople who are more than what they seem.

The king's guard has been searching all the lands of the realm for the missing Fairendale children. But, alas, Captain Sir Greyson has returned, after many days, to report...

The battle between light and dark twists in every heart.

The Weeping Woods has been all but destroyed by the fire of dragons. But still Maude and the lost children of Fairendale, who miraculously escaped from the dragon army and the king’s men, venture inside and attempt yet another hiding place—this one without their beloved Arthur, who disappeared in the battle with the dragons.

Meanwhile, Prince Virgil’s heart becomes a battleground for light and dark, the dragons of Morad consider what it might mean to seek vengeance for a violated treaty,...

The hunt has begun in earnest.

The kingdom of Fairendale is in disarray. The prince has been stolen from the castle. The king’s army was destroyed by the dragons of Morad. The lost children remain missing. But a Huntsman shows up at precisely the right time and offers his services to King Willis, turning the king’s attention from his missing son back to his overwhelming desire to find the other missing children.

Meanwhile, deep within the bowels of the castle, a prophetess considers the future before her and the decision that every prophet must make...