"Once there was magic in Britain. There were shape shifters and dragons and wizards and kings that pulled swords out of stones and green knights. But now the doors to The Otherworld have closed, and all the magic is gone. Young Hag and her grandmother, Ancient Crone, are the last of the witches in Britain though they don't have powers. Their magic was taken away by a generations-old curse--at least, that's what Ancient Crone has always told her. But Young Hag doesn't believe in it. If magic is real, why couldn't it save her mother's life? Young Hag is sick of her grandmother's stories of family curses, faerie doors, lost magic, and ancient swords. But then one day they find an abandoned baby in the woods and realize it's a changeling. Confronted with real magic at last, Young Hag has no choice but to believe. She must get the changeling baby and the mythical sword Excalibur back through the last faerie door before it closes forever. As Young Hag travels through an ever-weirder landscape, we meet a variety of characters: The Green Knight, The Lady of The Lake, Merlin, Taliesin the Bard, and even Morgan Le Fay. But when faced with magic and myth, does Young Hag have any chance of succeeding and bringing back her family's magic?"-- Provided by publisher.
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