In this beautifully illustrated childrens fantasy story two siblings struggle against sharp-edged bedazzling foes to arrive at a place of knowing to which they & everything belong. Its Christmas but thirteen-year-old Maggie & her ten-year-old brother Jesse are anything but joyful. Their mother is dying the bank is about to foreclose on their home & very soon everything about their lives will change. In an adventure that takes them below the earths surface to a realm inhabited by crystalline life forms
- some of which seem to have been spawned from the children themselves
- the sister & brother discover the strength of their bond the breadth of their courage & the awesome power of love. Amid dazzling displays of colours & shapes Maggie & Jesse must move through crystal planes & canyons as they do battle with King Bloo the princes Red & Orange & Holy Clear. Jesse learns from Princess Amethyst that the thing that scares him the most can waken him to his greatest strength. Sharing his secret with Maggie ultimately leads the two to a place of forgiveness called home.