“Book Descriptions: The Sugar Plum line has fallen. Princess Teniel and her young niece, Clara, barely manage to escape the deadly tragedy that has struck their home in Periphera, a bright land known for their love of all things sweet. Now, the remaining Sugar Plum Princesses hold a deadly secret. Fleeing the palace, they start a new life. Then, ten-year-old Clara is kidnapped. Returning to their homeland, she’s brought to the shadowy kingdom of Umbra to live with the dreaded Rat King and his son, Theoden. During their time together, Clara and Theoden create a bond under shared strange circumstances. But Theoden disappears, leaving Clara with only a nutcracker soldier to remember him by.
Ten years later, shocking news forces a grown Clara to run for her life. Ending up in the mysterious Liminal, one of its peculiar inhabitants demonstrates its powers by bringing her treasured nutcracker to life. After startling revelations turn her world upside down, Clara is forced to face the darkness that has shrouded her existence for the last decade. With the help of her nutcracker, Clara must reclaim what once was lost, or perish, knowing her home will never be the same. Welcome to Etherealm, where few things matter. But all things shatter.” DRIVE