The damn trees sang all the time, like an abominable children's program.

Elders whispered: "Be still. Listen."

But I couldn't settle like a tree. I needed to find insight, some passionate cause or grand discovery. A moment worth heartbreak.

Running from one country and seeking another, Rowena and her friends rely on their expanding mage abilities to survive in an unknown, wilder world. Exciting. Yet Ro is miserable.

She's lost in the Wood again and at serious odds with her best friend. The romance of her dreams has hit possibly fatal bumps. Perhaps she doesn't know what love is after all.

Or maybe she chose the wrong person?

There's no time to brood. Ro has discoveries to make. The legendary realm of Quenelle is waiting. Somewhere.

Back in the Accord, magery is no longer secret, but trees report things are far from resolved. It's nice to get news from home, but Ro can only watch as events become alarming and Alamander moves on with his life.

THE WILDER WORLD is Volume 2 in TALES OF ARDONNA: WOODSPELL SERIES, a fairy tale for adults.

Set in a world both familiar and outlandish, the series follows regular people, coping with irrational times, where myths are facts and reality uncertain.

The trilogy includes:

WOODSPELL (Vol 1)

THE WILDER WORLD (Vol 2)

A WAYWARD WIND (Vol 3) - coming September 2022

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