Wanderer of the Worlds — Ash Fitzsimmons

No one ever said questing would be simple... All Susan Cole wanted was for someone to free her from the cursed sword she inherited. Now she's hiding far from home, on the run from her filicidal mother. Her friends are stuck with her, sucked into a larger problem than any of them signed up to face. Complicating matters, Susan has newly acquired powers she's barely begun to explore-not to mention she's the rightful crown princess of a kingdom she didn't know existed three weeks ago. Oh, and the cursed sword imprisons an elemental, who's been trapped in constant pain for centuries. If no one is willing to free Susan, then she'll have to free herself and her elemental partner. All she needs to do is destroy the monsters the sword was forged to kill...who come from the Outside, a place from which no explorer has ever returned. No biggie. But one way or another, Susan needs answers. Even if that means a journey far beyond the edges of the map...