Inside the Enchanted Castle

INSIDE THE ENCHANTED CASTLE

Book 1 of The Toby and Becky Series

A Fantasy Novel for Children, Ages 9 and Above

 by R. A. Albano

Turbidine, a most truly evil witch, decides to get revenge against Bartol, the Knight-Wizard of the enchanted land of Porphyria, by turning the entire beautiful valley into a bleak and empty desert.  Bartol, too, seems to have disappeared; and all looks hopeless for the residents of Porphyria.

Meanwhile, in California new residents 12-year-old Becky Austen and her 10-year-old brother Toby discover a beautiful castle hidden in the mountains north of their suburban home.  For reasons that they themselves do not understand, Becky and Toby feel that they must get into the castle even though they sense great danger within.  Once inside, they find that they have also somehow been transported to the magical land of Porphyria.

With the help of an elf named Candor, a misfit troll named Hidegud, and a fairy named Caramella, Toby and Becky search for the mountain lair of the witch Turbidine in an effort to restore the valley of Porphyria and to return Bartol to his throne.