Nataniel Gard of the Ice People was the seventh son of a seventh son and had been chosen to lead the final battle against Tengel the Evil. But he was not yet ready for that great task he first needed to develop his skills on other challenging assignments. Ellen Knutsen had endured some frightening and mysterious experiences, and she was something of a mystery. It turned out that the two had more in common than Nataniel could have imagined when they first met.
