The second Magickal book of the Calya Journey-Wise saga...
Whoever holds the Seed Crystals, holds the Magickal essence of the Realms. Whoever possesses them controls their power and knows their secrets.
Calya has them. Csdrel wants them back.
What if the hero chosen to save Three Worlds is a dutiful princess who simply cannot bring herself to kill and whose Magickal power is being sweet and gentle, kind and true? How can that save her people from the mind-invading Csdrel, the vile reverse empath who makes others live the evil he feels? Defying past and present, she loves Tolus, the Regal Lord, but is Tolus, in fact, Csdrel?
In Follow the Crystal Path, the Journey-Quest to restore Magick continues, but it is soon evident that memories are muddled, history hoaxed, and Calya's worst fears are true; there is something dreadfully wrong in the High World of Gwalish, no help is coming from them; and, unseen, Csdrel walks among them.
Because of the Elder's Long Spell, Calya is actually on a Crystal Path. Not only restoring Magick, but retrieving the forgotten Seed Crystals Csdrel stole long ago and hid in the Between Times with the Magickal Creatures, who he 'buried alive in darkness'. But Pink Crystal was hidden in Calaith, just as Calya was. He couldn't get at it, until she arrived in Hammeril wearing it around her neck.
"Sweet and gentle, kind and true. What kind of Magick is that to save three worlds?"
