Raulin's Oath

When thirteen year old Arietta is ravaged by juvenile arthritis and hospitalized, her grandfather, Gustoff was with her through every step of the way. He sang her to sleep and fought the overwhelming sadness that emanated from a sterile hospital room, but one can only watch a child suffer for so long. He was out of options, out of time, and ready to act. Grandpa Gus gifted Arietta a special gold coin that enabled her to travel to a land only accessible through the child's dreamscape. With the help of Grandpa Gus, Arietta explores a land brimming with mystery, magic, and wonder. Arietta shares her gift with a friend named Jerry that she met in the hospital. Her arthritis becomes a distant memory; for within these lands there is healing, but where there is light, there is also darkness. Fire is quick to consume and a dark king will do whatever it takes to reclaim what is his own. Arietta, Jerry, and Grandpa Gus are swept into a dangerous quest that begins as a journey home, but quickly shifts to a race against time to save her grandfather and the new land she so desperately loves.