Spell Spring (Earthaven, #2)

It has been six months since the rebel Caster Lord Hawk kidnapped Natalie in an attempt to bond her to his spellclave, and was imprisoned inside the Thrallstone by his son Merlin. Natalie and her family have moved to Scotland, where her mother’s magehound is teaching her magic, while Merlin stayed behind in Earthaven to help heal the root system of his father's poison.

Now the soultrees of Earthaven are preparing for the Blossoming, when treemages will fertilize the flowers with unicorn dust to grow new spells. But Earthaven’s magic is draining through the gateways into the human world, where Lord Hawk’s accomplice Claudia the Fish has escaped from prison. The Spell Lords summon Natalie to take her mother’s seat on the Council of Oq so they can save the tree – but first her magehound must swallow two people’s familiars, and Natalie is not ready. Meanwhile, one of the young treemage candidates picked for her spellclave has fled through the forbidden Thrallstone gateway into the human world, unwittingly releasing Lord Hawk.

With the Blossoming fast approaching, Natalie and her friends find themselves once again fighting Lord Hawk’s Casters in a desperate race to gain Power of Thirteen – only this time Natalie has learned how to cast spells, and is determined to do things her way, no matter what the Spell Lords say.

The sequel to SPELLFALL.