The Mountain That Walked Away

One morning, the village of Brindlebrook wakes to an impossible sight.

Mount Elderwake is gone.

For generations, the mountain has protected the village with magical springs, blue-iron mines, ancient spirits, and a shadow wide enough to turn away storms and wolves. But now the horizon is empty, the springs are drying, the mine spirits have fallen silent, and one enormous footprint remains pressed into the earth.

While the villagers panic, young shepherd Elowen Thistle hears what no one else will: the mountain did not vanish. It walked away.

With only her father's blue-iron shepherd's crook, a precious jar of healing spring water, and her sharp-tongued talking goat Button, Elowen follows the mountain's trail into a world of giants, sleeping valleys, storm bridges, truth-telling caves, sky rivers, and old magic. But the farther she travels, the more frightening the truth becomes.

Mount Elderwake is wounded.

Something ancient is waking inside its heart.

Long ago, an earthquake giant was buried beneath the mountain to keep the world from breaking apart. Now, because the village took too much and listened too little, the mountain's heartstone has cracked. If Elowen cannot heal it in time, Mount Elderwake will crumble and release a buried giant powerful enough to shake valleys, split rivers, and destroy everything she loves.

A magical fairy-tale adventure about courage, gratitude, forgiveness, and learning to listen before it is too late, The Mountain That Walked Away is perfect for readers who love enchanted journeys, talking animals, ancient secrets, and stories where even the smallest voice can help save the world.