"Like the druidic life force Jack taps, this hearty adventure, as
personal as it is epic, will cradle readers in the 'hollow of its hand'
(Booklist, starred review).
Jack has caused an earthquake. He was trying to save his sister Lucy
from being thrown down a well, but sometimes the magic doesn't quite
work out. Not only does Jack demolish a monastery, but Lucy is carried
off by the Lady of the Lake, and Jack has to follow her through the
Hollow Road, which lies underground.
Aided by Pega, a slave, and the berserker Thorgil, Jack encounters
hobgoblins, kelpies, yarthkins, and elves--not the enchanted sprites one
would expect, but fallen angels who steal human children for pets. In
the eighth century, the world is caught between belief in the Old Gods
and Christianity, and what Jack and his companions do will decide the
fate of both religions.
From National Book Award winner Nancy Farmer, this second book in the
Sea of Trolls trilogy brilliantly enlarges the world of the first story.
Look for the conclusion in The Islands of the Blessed.