The Crown of Bitter Root

Two bitter roots. One brave spark.

Ten-year-old Iggy has waited eight long years to reunite with her dad, only to find him distant and shadowed by secrets. Even the name he calls her, Imogene, feels like a wall she can't climb. As her faith in him fades, neither her mom nor her wizard mentor can explain why he's changed. Determined to keep her dream of a whole family alive, Iggy turns to the one person everyone warned her against: her "evil" grandmother.
As they train in secret, her grandmother gives Iggy the devotion she's craved since arriving in Mystral, and her powers take shape. But as the lessons deepen, something in her grandmother shifts--at first subtle, then unmistakable--sending a prickling fear through Iggy. Has she trusted the wrong person?
To crack the code haunting her since reuniting with her dad, Iggy turns to an unlikely friend, a monster in everyone's eyes. Together, they can bring her dad back . . . but only if Iggy can outsmart a sorcerer.
In a world where darkness spreads like a virus and every choice matters, a single spark of courage can change everything.