The two-volume set “Toby Lolness”—“On the Brink of Disaster” and “Elisa’s Eyes”—was released in France in 2006–2007, and then translated into 28 languages, becoming a worldwide bestseller. After winning about 20 prestigious French and international literary awards, this fast-paced fantasy novel brought global fame to its author—young French writer and playwright Timothée de Fombelle.
In the second book of the novel about the tiny tree-world, “Elisa’s Eyes,” the reader learns that the Tree, on which Toby Lolness and his family live, still faces deadly danger. The infernal cauldron of Joe Mic gets deeper and deeper, and the Tree’s bark grows over with an impenetrable lichen. At the Summit rules the villain Leo Blue. Elisa is held prisoner by the enemy, and a hunt has been declared on the people of the Grass Tribe. Hiding from everyone, Toby fights evil—and he isn’t alone. This winter will decide the fate of the Tree. Can Toby save the fragile world and his loved ones? Will he be able to find Elisa?..