Now in paperback the beloved Elemental Masters series moves to America for the first time in a
rich retelling of The Queen of the Copper Mountain set against the backdrop of Tennessee coal
country. Anna May Jones is the daughter of a coal miner but a sickly constitution has kept her
confined to the house for most of her life. Hoping to improve her daughter s health and lessen
the burden on their family Anna's mother sends her to live with her Aunt Jinny a witchy-woman
and an Elemental Master in a holler outside of Ducktown. As she settles into her new life
Anna learns new skills at Aunt Jinny s side and discovers that she too has a gift for
Elemental magic that Jinny calls the Glory . She also receives lessons from a mysterious and
bewitching woman named Jolene who assures her that with time Anna could become even more
powerful than her aunt. But with Anna s increasing power comes increasing notice. Billie
McDaran the foreman of the Ducktown mine begins to take an interest in Anna and her abilities
even though Anna has already fallen in love with a young man with a talent for stonecarving. If
she wants to preserve the life she has come to love Anna must use her newfound powers to
oppose the foreman and protect those around her.
