Saint Amber's Rose

Flavia, Sendara of the Graelands, is desperate to find the hero who will save her Labyrinth World from Ab'addon, Lord of Desolation. According to the Prophecies, that hero is Oliver Medley, who possesses the one Gift that can drive out Ab'addon's dark forces. But Oliver is middle-aged, overweight, and shy; lives in the Maze World (Earth); and is completely oblivious to the existence of Flavia and her world. He also has no clue what his Gift might be. Only when formidable Great-Aunt Belvedine crashes into his quiet life and sweeps him off to help Flavia does he realize he's in the adventure of his secret dreams. After his own mistake causes Flavia's abduction, he is sent on a Quest to rescue her, encountering Dwarvians, Wraiths, a gigantic cave serpent, Ab'addon's Garden of Smoke and Mirrors, and more terrors than he has ever imagined. But he must persist, for he has pledged his fealty--and his life--to the Sendara Flavia. Saint Amber's Rose is an entrancing novel of deep fantasy, high magic, and the soul's journey to reach its greatest potential.