NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after—but this is
no fairytale. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree the #1 webnovel on
MANTA continues in this second volume. The gorgeous first edition hardcover of Under the Oak
Tree: Volume 2 (The Novel) will feature designed sprayed page edges full-color patterned
endpapers foil stamping on the cover and a ribbon bookmark! As her first winter in Anatol
turns to spring Lady Maximilian finds herself confronting an unfamiliar feeling: hope. Her
voice and her magic strengthen every day the only parts of Calypse Castle left to refurbish
are its gardens which she plans to fill with blooming flowers and the way her husband the
recalcitrant war hero Sir Riftan looks at her from across their bedroom makes her feel for
the first time in her life that she might be worthy of love and affection. However Maxi's
life is never that easy. Just as she begins to feel at home with Riftan Maxi receives a
surprise visit from Princess Agnes the renowned sorceress who might have become Riftan's wife
if he'd decided to divorce Maxi after the Dragon Campaign. Not at all what Maxi expected the
princess stirs up complicated emotions and politics that could lead to monumental changes in
Maxi and Riftan's relationship. This volume collects chapters 77-133 of the original
webnovel by Suji Kim.