Adventures: The Secrets of Trollsbridge

When fourteen-year-old Joshua and his sister Racheal move to the mysterious town of Trollsbridge, they expect boredom—not a glowing blue portal hidden beneath their hilltop manor. What they don’t know is that their father has become the Keeper of a gateway between Earth and the magical realm of Nothnor.

Pulled into a mirror-world filled with danger and wonder, they must help stop a dark druid from tearing open a permanent rift between the two worlds. Alongside a half-elf outcast, a friendly goblin, a sharp-tongued walking badger, and their missing Uncle Thaddeus Thabletop, the siblings are thrust into an adventure that will test their courage—and change both worlds forever.

When an antique lantern begins glowing with cold blue fire inside the Trollsbridge Museum, Marcus Hale—a quiet museum archivist with a love for forgotten history—suspects it’s more than just a rare artifact. Anyone who gazes into its flame sees a vision of their “perfect life”… and soon becomes consumed by it. Dreams turn to obsession, and Trollsbridge begins unraveling as neighbors chase illusions that feel more real than reality.

Penny Carter, a local waitress who briefly fell under the lantern’s spell, is the only one who has broken free. Now haunted by what she saw—and what it almost cost her—she joins Marcus to uncover the truth. The lantern is a relic from Nothnor, fueled by captive will-o’-wisps and strengthened by human longing.

To save their town, Marcus and Penny must venture beyond the safety of Trollsbridge into the mist-choked Marsh of Echoes, where the source flame burns. But destroying it means facing their own deepest desires—and choosing what is real over what is perfect.