A world kept peaceful
for a thousand years by the magic of the ruling vicars. But a threat
lurks from a violent past. Wizards from the darkness have hidden their
sorcery in a place called the keep and left a trail of clues that have
never been solved.
Nathaniel has grown up longing for more but
unwilling to challenge the vicars. Until his friend Thomas is taken for a
teaching, the mysterious coming-of-age ritual. Thomas returns but with
his dreams ripped away. When Orah is taken next, Nathaniel tries to
rescue her and ends up in the prisons of Temple City. There he meets the
first keeper of the ancient clues. But when he seeks the keep, what he
finds is not magic at all.
If he reveals the truth, the words of the book of light might come to pass:
“If there comes among you a prophet saying ‘Let us return to the
darkness,’ you shall stone him, because he has sought to thrust you away
from the light.”
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Bailey wasn’t always a
wild child and the black sheep of her family. She used to play fiddle
and tour the music circuit with her sister, Julie, who sang and played
guitar. That ended when country music execs swooped in and signed Julie
to a solo deal. Never mind that Julie and Bailey were a duet, or that
Bailey was their songwriter. The music scouts wanted only Julie, and
their parents were content to sit by and let her fulfill her dreams
while Bailey’s were hushed away.
Bailey has tried to numb the
pain and disappointment over what could have been. And as Julie’s debut
album is set to hit the charts, her parents get fed up with Bailey’s
antics and ship her off to granddad’s house in Nashville. Playing fiddle
in washed-up tribute groups at the mall, Bailey meets Sam, a handsome
and oh-so-persuasive guitarist with his own band. He knows Bailey’s
fiddle playing is just the thing his band needs to break into the
industry. But this life has broken Bailey’s heart once before. She isn’t
sure she’s ready to let Sam take her there again…
Thank you Edelweiss and David Litwack!
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