Between the surface world, the Overworld, and the Underworld is the Land of Ardan, a haven for all magical species of Earth, whose entrance is hidden deep beneath the Alps.

Born a future Queen of Ardan, sixteen-year-old Lauraiee Lumijer longs for a quiet, studious life far — far — away from the spotlight. But when murderous Dragon King Malachite returns from the dead and she learns that along with her younger cousin and sister she was chosen (in what must have surely been a fit of insanity) to stop him from another rampage, Lauraliee bids goodbye to a quiet life forever.

The cost for power to protect her family and her future Queendom is not much; just her everlasting soul.

Beneath the ancient apple tree, in a circular mosaic chamber, witnessed by all the stars in the universe, she binds her soul to the elemental spirit of water, gaining power over the element and the title Warrior of Virtue. Her cousin and sister follow, becoming the fire and wind warriors. Their first mission: Retrieve and destroy Malachite’s Blood Ruby, before he can use it to regain full strength and start a war.

Adventuring from one disaster to another, will these three teenagers save the Queendom, or will Lauraliee’s first leadership role prove to be her last?

I am rewriting this section, but you can still read the old first 10 pages of Warriors of Virtue. Includes illustrations.