When Larna was ready, they made their way back through the scenic little streets to the antiquary shop.
The little store seemed empty, even their footsteps refused to echo here.
“Hello?” Fia asked of the silence.
“Good day to you!” Thayne called and then his face appeared around a stack of old record books. “Oh,
it’s you two. I’ve found just the thing. In a minute!” And he disappeared again.
As they took up their seats again and prepared to wait for Thayne’s return, Fia picked up a book from
the stack she had set on the floor on her first visit.
“A Brief History of the North Kingdoms;” She read aloud. “…with six appendices, an index of all
battles, treaties, and declarations of war, in entirety.” She looked at Larna. “Brief?”
Larna shook her head. “I think we have that book in the library.” She smiled. “…If you’re interested.”
“Thanks.” Fia replied. “I think I’ll stick with listening to Andro tell it. Much, much, more interesting….
And shortened.”
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Jeweler’s Apprentice
Five Gems Book 1
by E.
Kaiser Writes
Genre: YA Fantasy Adventure
On her first visit to the
palace, sixteen-year-old Fia stumbles upon a
court intrigue. To keep the secret safe, the Chancellor sends her off
as apprentice to a famous, reclusive, mountain jeweler…
…And straight into adventure.
Discovering gems with deep secrets and
new friends with the same, Fia learns a whole lot more than just
making jewelry: when to trust a stranger, and when not to, why not to
try stealing from gem thieves; what heroism is; what royalty ought to
be; and that the mountains themselves can sometimes be the greatest
danger of all.
Is the legend of the Sunlight Stone true?
Will peace ever come to the war-torn neighboring kingdom?
And what is the stable boy hiding…?
Traitor’s Knife
Five Gems Book 2
Secrets. Sabotage. Murder. With Olayin House temporarily turned into a weapons
factory, Fia is confronted with the care of three refugee children,
an ill-timed visitor, a perplexingly brash messenger that she isn’t
quite sure what to think of, all while trying to keep her friend’s
secrets safe. But when dangerous accidents start to happen, the young
apprentice begins to tread a fine line of suspicion. Are saboteurs
out to nix the weapons works… and is the incognito crown prince in
mortal peril? Winter in the mountain house isn’t as cozy as her
apprenticeship was expected to be.
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King’s Ward
Five Gems Book 3
With her wealth of loyalist secrets, Fia’s position at Olayin House is
compromised. Now a potential danger to two countries, she is made a
ward of the king and sent away yet again; this time into the
grassland kingdom of Erlandia, but
her journey amongst the horse folk takes unexpected turns.
Trapped under siege, she faces two men from her past… one she fears might
murder her, and the other may die of plague unless she wins the
battle for his life.
And with the Sunlight Stone traded for troops, how long will Erlandia’s
peace last?
E. Kaiser
Writes was born into a family of readers, and got started on
storytelling around the age of four when her older siblings prompted
her into recounting an absolutely ridiculous account of a parallel
childhood. It was good for the family’s general entertainment, and
she discovered the thrill of making people laugh.
At the age of seven her mother read the
Hobbit aloud, and a fascination
with beautiful fantasy was born. At nine she came to the decision
that she wanted to be a writer, and set to reading rabidly to learn
the art. At thirteen she attempted her first novel, and it was eaten
in a computer’s demise.
Afterward, during her teenage years she tried very hard
at various times to stop writing all together.
Not succeeding, she at last gave in to her addiction, and wrote “for fun”.
Her first novel, Jeweler’s Apprentice, is a light-fantasy adventure for
teens. The shy, bookish heroine is thrust out on the first step
toward the adventure that awaits, and growing up. More books in this
series are expected.
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