Long ago, in the land of Dartmoor, a magic man created an enchanted
charm that granted its possessor incredible power--at the cost of the
wearer's own tenderness and compassion. After the merciless Flint Heart
causes much destruction, it is lost among the reeds and rocks of the
moor, where a kindly farmer discovers it thousands of years later. With
the Flint Heart in his possession, the once adoring father Billy Jago is
transformed into a cruel and merciless brute. Young Charles is
determined to win back his father's true nature, and with his sister
Unity and dog, Ship, he sets off into an enchanted world where animals
talk, fairies hold elaborate banquets, and magical mischief must be
resolved to bring Dartmoor and Merripit Farm back to rights again.
This luminous fantasy by Katherine and John Paterson, freely abridged
from Eden Phillpotts's original story, is a tale that promises to
capture the hearts of listeners with an enchantment all its own.