Trial In Lavondel

From the day she was born Zack, a fourteen-year-old boy, assigned himself the task of protecting his sister. For ten years he has managed to intercept abuse that might have been directed at her. Now the two of them are thrown into Lavondel, a world where machines do not work and magic does. Zack is surprised to find that in this world his sister is nearly all powerful. But that power could come at the loss of her soul. In a world where every hand has turned against him, Zack must find the key to saving his sister, and Lavondel, from an evil that has reigned for nearly a thousand years.

How can one young boy, alone, pursued by an enraged father, betrayed by a loving mother, and separated from the sister he has sworn to protect, hope to overcome impossible odds to rescue a world? What is the puzzle that has kept Lavondel enslaved to the whims of a cruel and self centered queen? Who is the cruel mastermind that seeks to gain the ultimate power that could plunge the world into an everlasting rule of evil? Can one untrained, inexperienced boy make a difference?