The Hermit Gryphon: The Redemption of Talona

The mountain community of Gryphonia hates and shuns Talona, their former "wicked queen." Now powerless, the deposed ruler is known simply as Tal, the gryphon who lives under home den arrest with her mother. It has been five sun revolutions after the rise of her hated rival: the oracle queen, Sunsky, who led the final rebellion that extinguished Talona's Reign of Terror.No one, least of all Tal, wants to remember the heinous atrocities that she committed in her madness, but neither can anyone forget them. When her physician recommends that Tal travel to the Forest Lake Nesting Site to undergo a healing treatment from the soul healer, Snow Wing, Tal balks at the idea. The last thing she wants to do is to go to that place, where "hobos, nest-robbers, and mad gryphons" reside. Enraged, she flees her home, hoping to leave her detestable society behind forever.On her journey, she meets a gargoyle, Gripe Piper, who befriends her and leads her to Forest Lake, a place that will prepare her mind and spirit to face the shadowy demons that lurk within her. He introduces her to the fiery Snow Wing, a gryphon whose rage at Talona over the execution of a beloved relative runs so deep that it threatens to destroy her healing work before it begins.As Tal and her new nemesis reluctantly work together, they begin to find healing within their hearts, gently aided by the eccentric citizens of Forest Lake. For the first time in her life, Tal forms bonds of friendship that will help her to navigate the dark horrors of her past...a past that she must revisit so that she can face an even bigger challenge. A new, aggressive enemy plans to conquer not only Forest Lake but Sunsky’s mountain queendom as well. It is up to Tal to return home to the society she once hated to warn her sister, Queen Sunsky, about the danger before it is too late...if the mountain gryphons trust her enough to listen.