A three headed dog, a vicious flower bud and a walking house. They swirl around the top of Ambril's Ashera and bedevil her in life. Just what do they have to do with the mystery of her father's death? Ambril struggles to answer this question when she moves back to the mysterious town where she was born and accidentally uncovers secrets about her father which threaten to destroy her entire family. In this, the first book of Ambril's Tale, Ambril makes friends with some of the locals as she tangles with ornery garden gnomes, angry bicycles and a magical garden that she comes around to calling home. Along the way, she also manages to learn a little about the magic that will become her destiny.