Larkspur
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Last published Sun, Mar 10, 2013
Princess Irene longs to see the world, but her father makes sure she stays safely tucked away in Larkspur Valley. There she is protected from the horrors of the world: war, goblins, and magic. Curdis Peterson is honored to be offered the position of under gamekeeper at the Royal Country Manor. War soon interrupts the idyllic ways of the valley, and princesses and under gamekeepers alike are called upon to make sacrifices for their kingdom. Little does anyone know that while the king focuses his armies on the eastern front, an old enemy has returned, burrowing deep beneath the mountains around Larkspur Valley. Based on the classic George MacDonald tale, THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN.
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