Publisher's Synopsis
School can be hard, and making friends can be even harder. Taking your mother's place as the guardian of a secret subterranean kingdom of monsters just might be impossible! After the sudden disappearance of his mom, high school freshman, Shay, is thrust into a secret world of monsters that exists underneath his small West-Virginian town. With the help of his shapeshifting aunt Sa'Belle, he must search for his mother while doing what he can to safeguard the citizens of the 'Under Kingdom' and try to maintain his normal high school life. If that wasn't enough, Shay's no fighter but the Under Kingdom demands he take arms to protect his friends and family. Shay struggles to balance school, his new crush, and training to become a warrior. When an army of Dwarves declare war on the Under Kingdom, he will need to find a way to balance who he is with protecting all of monster-kind from war. An epic adventure set in a colorful world full of mischievous sock-stealing imps, adorable dragons, ro
