"Meet Hilda. She can never sit still for long without setting off on another adventure. Wandering sea spirits, lost giants and strange wooden men; Hilda's outings never quite fall into the realm of the ordinary. When she stumbles upon a mysterious troll-shaped stone, however, things take a dramatic turn for the unexpected, even by her standards. But of course, as Hilda so adeptly points out: "Such is the life of an adventurer". -- Page 4 of cover.