From publisher blurb:
AN EPISODE FOR FOUR TO SIX WANDERERS IN THE PADDOCK SETTING
Across all of Paddock the wilds are blooming as Spring arrives. The Winter has been long and difficult, many inhabitants have barely seen the outside of their homes in months. Now the flowers open, the people emerge, the air is crisp and fragrant; there’s adventure on the wind. Deep in the Tapper Woods, the town of settled Ardua holds its breath. They have been kept safe this long Winter as the snows and chills have kept them locked inside. But soon they will emerge to wreak havoc on the residents’ peaceful lives. In the simple infirmary, Matron Bridie peaks out the window in trepidation. She knows that any second they’ll be at her door and she shivers in her feathers.
The caretaker of the town square hurriedly sweeps away the last of the snow, eager to finish their job and make it back home. They don’t want to be outside when they arrive. The elderly of the town lock their doors tight. Spring can wait another day; today is not for them. Today is for the young. And then it begins. All across town the doors are bursting open; their excitement can no longer be contained. Here they come, the Young Heroes of Ardua.