Long ago, a ship of mystical beings, the Shimmaron, crashed in country Australia. Water filled the crash site, forming a blue-purple lake that the locals called Lake Shimmer. They built the town of Amethyst around the lake. The force of the crash scattered the Shimmaron through time and space. They long to go home but they can't, until enough of them return to the lake. Only the children of Amethyst can hear their cries for help. ABC Books will be publishing this exciting new children's series from 2007. Each of the standalone novels will be written by a member of the ROR group. My novel, THE LUTE'S TALE, will appear as the fifth of the seven books.