Prince of New Avon

About the Book

Bruce was the happiest pegasus in the seven worlds. As Master Wizard and Prince of New Avon, he ruled scores of outlying herds and commanded North America's most powerful source of magic: Mornwing Upwelling. He was young and handsome and newly life-mated to Alcyon Skydance Galeryon of the Far Isles, the most beautiful Pegasian princess he had ever seen.

As we humans say, Bruce had it made. Then, suddenly: Transfer orders! His ancestral dimension was slated to be downsized to dandle fluff by the Great Herdmaster and the Council of Greater Sentient Species.

As if that weren't enough, his gorgeous little princess became a headstrong, power-hungry nag, and then Bruce blundered into the arms of a very powerful, very inept witch. The woman most foully Enchanted him, and her polluting touch forced Alcy, her annoying firedrake Maitland, and Bruce into exile in the mundane.

Imagine! Pegasian Royalty in a stall! That's where the trio had to take refuge, though, thanks to Laura Hennessey LaCroix whose commands required Bruce to use every last ounce of magic and all his Powers—invisibility, mimicry, flight, telepathy, and Inspiration—to obey her or die. Thrown into the world of men, Bruce became an outlaw, lost his principality, and open a gifted man to dark and dangerous Powers.

And, while Alcy and Bruce struggled just to stay alive, an evil, shape-changing monster declared war on them, their humans, and all of mankind!

About the Author

Willow Skye Robinson is a resident of Michigan, but for more than twenty years, she and her two children lived in many different states as her husband, a career Army officer, was transferred from base to base.

In spite of frequent moves, Willow earned a teaching degree and went to work. Though she put in long days, she always found time to write, and she published many of the short stories that she created for her students and for her kids. Bruce the pegasus emerged as the bruised and battered hero of many of these stories, and Willow's family finally demanded a full-fledged book about the problem-plagued prince. When Willow and her husband retired and moved to west-central Michigan, they built a cabin on the shores of the mighty, magic Muskegon River, and Willow got busy with that book.

Though writing takes up most of her time, Willow is also a vocalist, musician, and composer. She has released three albums and has begun composing the fourth, due out this summer of 2004.