Meridian's Heart

"Spill the blood of the children first," commanded the Black King, after confirming that the final test was scheduled at three homes: a boy's orphanage headed by an Afghanistan war veteran, twin boys whose father is a game designer and a young ballerina. Meridian nervously prepares for flight certification, which will admit her to the prestigious--and dangerous--profession of tooth fairy acquisition specialist. It will also allow her to secretly search for her missing mother, who disappeared during a mission on Earth to protect Terraloria, Gallia's most sacred and powerful artifact from the Black King. However, dark forces are in play that will challenge Meridian to pass the final test. Terraloria has been located on Earth, where its power and ability to influence events is muted and easier to hide. Even so, its effects can be traced through earth history, and the Black King's mentally unstable Researcher is dangerously close to finding it. Supported by an army of fairies, trolls, harpies and mercenaries, whose deadly mission will alter the lives of three human households, with Meridian as the unwitting sacrificial pawn in a high stakes game with no rules, success in acquiring the artifact is imminent. Unbeknownst to all the players in this war, a new challenger with far more ambitious goals, powered by an unquenchable thirst for revenge, has radically different intentions. Neither Meridian's final testing nor the Black King's planned celebration go according to anyone's plan, and the young fairy is about to face more than she ever could have imagined--and she may be the only hope to save both worlds. Meridian's Heart is a captivating story, seamlessly woven with historical facts and events, rich with heroes and heroines, twists and tangles, and a spellbinding tale of friendship, survival, hope and the desire to be loved--all wrapped in the uncertainty of fate, chance and destiny.