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"What a charming and unexpected epic fantasy adventure this is! With an almost Iambic Pentameter-like lyricism, Robbins weaves a tale with surprising humor and heart. Blending mythic quest with The Wind in the Willows, the author's loving language renders adorable characters with a transcendent dignity. Dive in! Take this journey and find yourself falling into a world surprisingly true to itself." -Warren Fahy, author of the New York Times bestseller, Fragment and Pandemonium Hermin Herisson doesn't believe in the stories of heroes and their valiant deeds-until the young hedgehog finds himself suddenly orphaned. Under a heavy cloak of melancholy and loss, Hermin is discovered by a wandering shaman, an old possum named Grimson. Once he's introduced to the possum's otherworldly ways (and the secret box he hides in his bag), Hermin decides to stick with Grimson on his pilgrimage. And what a pilgrimage it is! With just six months to accomplish their quest, to the fabled holy site Tyrfell they hasten to deliver the secret box, lest the small flame within-containing all of animal-kind's wisdom and lore-dies out forever. Of course, this is precisely what the dark sorcerer Lord Blyndeghaul wants. If he can extinguish the flame, then the rest of the world will ultimately come to forget the ways of their ancestors, and unchallenged, the blind naked mole rat can finally wield his poisoned power over all creatures, fur and feather alike. To protect the sacred flame, Grimson and Hermin find themselves on an epic adventure of wisdom, friendship, and self-transformation. A tale of strength, of perseverance, of finding peace within when the troubles of the world seem insurmountable-and of maybe, just maybe, becoming the hero of one's very own story.