The Deadly Crocus — E.T. Ellison

When Hallah's first sky-missile blasted a crater near the Fairdilly Fair, the fairgoers quickly resumed their revels, only briefly inconvenienced. The single exception: an orange-haired Queen of Niceness whose perfect young life was ruined forever ... she just didn't know it yet. So begins the saga of plucky-but-naive Glix Larue as she discovers the truth about herself, her living planet and the hidden hazards of dreams. Then she'll just need to survive the wrath of Lady Crocus, the mad goddess of the sky ... The Deadly Crocus is Book One in the Falling Sky series, part of award-winning author E.T. Ellison's ten volume Nevergate Cycle.