Willowmena's Quest
When a motherless young girl named Willowmena stumbles over Merloo, a fairy with a broken wing, the two become unlikely companions in a barren land where friendship is virtually unknown. Accompanied by a magical rhinoceros with a flashing red eye, a mute prince, and relentlessly pursued by the Miner of the Dark Pass, the stalwart band of travelers embark on a heroic journey through the dusty Land of Bleak.
Willowmena and her friends travel in search of the Mountains of Tune, each of them seeking something they need in order to return to the world beyond. As Willowmena finds her role as the Light-Bearer of Bleak, she meets a lost queen, and her evil cousin, whose insatiable greed and envy compel her an unholy alliance with the Miner of the Dark Pass and his pack of ruthless, slovenly wolves. In order to save her country Willowmena must find the gift of her own gold and come to terms with a terrible secret from her past, making her question everything she knows to be true. She must be willing to venture out of Bleak and into the Land Outside, a place of impossible beauty.
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Tales of Willowmena
Willowmena, the Girl With the Pure Heart, came from the Land of Bleak, an endlessly dreary plain of land where nothing grew and no one flourished. Souls that found themselves in Bleak were lost indeed, trudging ceaselessly, shoulders bent into the relentless wind, trying to find their way in a land seemingly without direction. Yet it was there that Willowmena found a rare circle of friends – a red-eyed rhinoceros, a fairy with a broken wing, and a silent prince. With their friendship, she became the Light Bearer of Bleak, helping lost souls find their way home. Now, a year later Willowmena has fulfilled the prophecy using the glowing magical Horn of the great rhinoceros Gore, who died at the hands of the evil Miner of the Dark Pass. Now it is time for her to face her greatest challenge yet, uncovering the secrets in her own family and putting them to rest at last.