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The Light Keeper an Epic YA Fantasy by Christina Wallace ➱ New Book Release with Rafflecopter
The
Light Keeper
by
Christina Wallace
Genre:
Epic YA Fantasy
Wishes
aren't all they're cracked up to be... especially when you have to
capture the Fairies who grant them to you.
Er...
make that faeries... and not the normal,
hiding-in-plain-sight magical kind.
When
a misadventure cleaning out the attic leads Isaac to release a faerie
trapped in a glass ball of light, he believes he's struck gold--in
the form of wishes. All he has to do is mention the name that was
engraved on the ball, and the indebted faerie would grant him any
three wishes he wanted.
The
best part of all was knowing that there was an entire chest of
captured faeries waiting to be freed...
But
when strange things start to happen around town, Isaac begins to
wonder if the increasingly unfortunate events are his doing.
Only
his mysterious neighbor, Yara, knows the truth about his lineage as a
Light Keeper.
Can
Yara's strength and wisdom guide Isaac into his new role?
Can
Isaac make things right again?
Or
will his dream-come-true turn into his worst nightmare?
Rows and rows of glass balls stared back at me. They almost reminded me of ornaments without the hooks. I reached in and clasped one of the balls in my hands; the ball glowed a faint orange. I rolled it around but couldn’t identify a battery or a charge port. What powered this thing? The only other interesting thing about the glass was the word engraved on the side. C-R-I-S-T-O. Cristo? What a disappointment. Lightbulbs. I had torn the attic upside down for lightbulbs.
I was reaching back down to pick up another ball when the first slipped from my hand. I grabbed for it but clasped only air. I couldn’t do anything except listen to the glass shatter on the floor.
As I imagined Mom’s frustration when I explained to her that I’d broken one of Grandfather’s priceless heirlooms, a wispy fog poured out from the shattered glass, floated over the floor, and expanded to cover every inch of space. The cold and damp fog sent a chill through my body. The light from the window illuminated the silhouette of a figure in the mist. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I swatted my hand to wave away the fog from my face, but the figure remained.
I wanted to run back downstairs, nail the door shut, and apologize to Mom and Dad, but I couldn’t move. I wasn’t sure if I was frozen in fear or had an intense fight complex or my curiosity was too strong, but I needed to see what was coming. My knees quaked, and my heart thumped as the fog cleared and the shape in front of me became more pronounced.
The figure loomed over me. He was thin and tall, not abnormally so but taller than the average man. His suit was one I had only seen in movies about olden times and reminded me of a leprechaun’s. The suit had a waistcoat, and he even wore his trousers tucked into long socks. He also wore loafers with buckles on the shoes. The man’s skin was rough and weathered. He had a long-hooked nose, his face formed sharp angles, and his ears were half the size of his head.
The most curious thing about this person were his eyes. The man strode toward me. His eyes turned my blood cold. Was it because looking at his pupils felt like staring into a deep well? His intense gaze locked onto mine. I wanted to leave, but something prevented me from looking away from him.
A lump in my throat grew larger with each step he took. He came to a stop in front of me with perfect posture, hands folded behind his back. In a stone so calm and quiet it almost scared me more, he asked, “Do you know my name?”
My stomach lurched and threatened to make me throw up from panic. This person had come from a ball inside a secret locked chest. My mind raced a mile a minute. How would I know his name? The only indicator I could think of was the word I read on the glass before it broke, Cristo.
In a broken voice that squeaked and made me sound younger than my sister, I asked, “Cristo?”
The man snapped into a bow. The quick gesture caught me off guard and made me hop a step backward. His friendly smile stretched from ear to ear but did not match the despair his eyes made me feel. He stood and grandly announced, “At your service. What tasks will you have me perform?”
Christina Wallace
has been many things. A student, an analyst, a wife, a mother, a
gamer, and a lifelong writer. For almost as long as she can remember
she’s dreamed of people and places that only existed in her mind,
and sharing her stories is a dream come true.
Christina writes
books not only for middle-grade audiences, but for young and new
adults as well. Stories should be an escape. Christina likes to write
about people who become their own heroes and take fate into their own
hands. Many of her works contain fantastical elements and also a bit
of love, but strong friendships are the common thread.
The Light Keeper is
Christina’s debut series with more books soon to come. She is
thrilled to begin this adventure of her very own as an author.
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