Böcker av Gail Merritt

Something is happening in Magra and Megwin, Green Mantle, is struggling to contain its effects. Throughout the Five Kingdoms her cousin's inventions are changing the lives of people, while his own family is threatened by a powerful enemy. Torn between her loyalty to Magra and her respect for nature, Megwin must choose a different path. It takes her to the Djengun slave markets and the mines of Rynth. Meanwhile the Mantles and their king must face the consequences of their past.

When Red Mantle goes missing, Megan joins the search party, traveling far beyond the borders of Magra. They discover that Mantle magic is not enough when facing deeper, natural forces and Megwin uncovers a secret that might change her life for ever.

Megwin, the Green Mantle, has now become Princess Megwin. It is a title that she begins to loath. Her half-brother, Ardin, King of Magra has built a fleet of ships and is preparing to sail to the fabled Green Islands. As the fleet departs, Ardin's queen disappears. Suspecting that Queen Melia might have stowed away to be with her husband, Megwin also becomes an unofficial passenger. During the journey, she encounters the creatures of the deep, lifts a terrible curse and angers the Mantles by breaking one of their fundamental rules. When they reach The Green Islands, they are not what anyone expected.

After the battles, the land is sick and wasted, until Green Mantle's magic arts restore the meadows, heaths and woodlands. Megwin is Green Mantle, protector of all living things and youngest member of the powerful College of the Mantles. Disillusioned by palace intrigue, still bitter from the treachery of those she loved and trusted, she returns to the wandering life of her predecessors. As she travels through the five kingdoms, alone with her horse and fox, she encounters strange and ancient powers, unravels the mystery of a deadly curse and confronts her private nemesis.