Serafina does finally learn what mysterious power has prevented her from communicating with her friends, and they once again are able to form an alliance against the evil sorcerer. She also wonders about the odd passage of time since she had previously seen her friends. Serafina eventually discovers her best friend, Braeden, and his trusty Doberman, Gidean, in residence at her beloved Biltmore Estate-yet he cannot see or hear Serafina. Readers of the previous installments may not be surprised that the narrative revisits the black cloak that 'just won't stay gone,' and they will revel in the cloak's latest reincarnation. Twelve-year-old Serafina is on her own the resourceful friends she gained in the first two novels are mysteriously absent. Gr 5–7-In this third installment of the series, readers find Serafina and her friends meeting their biggest challenge yet: supernatural powers bent on destroying Biltmore forest and the historic Biltmore home and all its inhabitants. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. In the epic third installment of Robert Beatty's #1 bestselling series, Serafina takes her rightful place among literary champions as she battles fiercely to defend all she loves and become everything that she is meant to be. With only days to achieve the impossible, Serafina fights to reclaim herself as the Guardian of Biltmore, friend of Braeden, daughter of her Pa, and heroine of the Blue Ridge Mountains and all the folk and creatures that call it home. Serafina must uncover the truth about what has happened to her and find a way to harness her strange new powers before it's too late. Old friends do unthinkable things and enemies seem all around.Ī mysterious threat moves towards Biltmore, a force without a name, bringing with it violent storms and flooding that stands to uproot everything in its path. She has awoken into a darkness she does not understand, scarred from a terrible battle, only to find that life at Biltmore Estate has changed in unimaginable ways.

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