This book, first in the Toll Trilogy, features Peer, a young orphan boy forced to live with his evil uncles. Just as Peer begins to adjust to his new life, he discovers that his uncles plan to sell him to a troll king! His new friend Hilde is there to help, but then Peer’s uncles decide to kidnap Hilde’s twin siblings instead and sell them! Now, Peer and Hilde must rescue the twins and get rid of the evil uncles!