«Zaglf» by Heather Theobald Jordan

In everyone's heart, lies a small light waiting to ignite. It is the Lotus light, a trigger waiting, as in “Sleeping Beauty”, for its time to awaken. This little book begins the journey for Zaglf, bored and tired of his control over the "little ones” of his kingdom Sweetmoor, a place that used to be gentle and happy, but now is living in darkness of his creation. One night the old owl calls out to him and challenges him saying, «do you imagine that anything could really exist beyond all this that you have forgotten, that perhaps once long ago was so satisfying?”Before Zaglf could respond, Rom appears and offers to take Zaglf to a place hidden to most, a place that promises a change not only for him but also for all the others he holds captive in what he calls his kingdom. As he descends into the old mysterious tree with Rom, the ugliness that Zaglf is begins to drop away.Will he take on the promise that rings down deep in him from his journey, or will he believe he just imagined it and go back to his old ways and slumber once again. Will the Lotus succeed in its ancient message to Zaglf? Did Zara touch him and did he feel the Lotus Light within him deeply enough to remember?