Publisher's Synopsis
Humans are "primitive, unintelligent, and highly emotional." Luckily that's only half of Isobel's problem...
Dark beasts and terror are coming. Fourteen year old Isobel is warned that only her special instincts and abilities can save her villagers from extinction caused by evil creatures called the Carachi, possibly sent by her mother's killer. To save her people and preserve her safe world, Isobel must cross the bridge from her childish mind to reality and accept that she cannot escape her destiny.
Legends are steeped in truth and there is much to learn about the secrets of the world in which Isobel lives. After learning of her family's secret past and her own magic abilities and with the help of her friends and a wise mentor, she will leave her childhood home in Greenhill to forge new bonds with an ancient race that has been hidden for centuries, and try to persuade them to emerge once again and fight for her people. Their existence and the elements that provide her world with harmony depend on it. If successful, Isobel will have the chance to confront her mother's killer...
...But, if she fails, the world could fall into darkness forever.
Full of adventure, The Burden of Destiny follows a young heroine's quest to find her place and save her people. This young adult fantasy novel will inspire the younger generation by addressing the meaning of trust, duty, loss, love, and the importance of preserving the world in which we all belong.
