A Fantasy Novel
The Secrets of the Starwatch
The Gold of the Earth
It all began with one small lie …
As the ears of wheat settled to rest at the end of the day …
… a small basket stood on the threshold. In it, a child wrapped in silk such as no weaver in the land had ever spun. Around its neck, a necklace in which blue and red pulsed like a second heart.
Jiro and Hana could have closed the door. Instead they took the child in and passed it off as the twin of their newborn son. One simple lie, to protect a life.
But something is gathering at the forest's edge. Birds fall silent, herds vanish without leaving a drop of blood. Shadows move through the undergrowth faster than any animal, and strangers speak only in lowered voices of what is happening in the kingdom.
No lie lasts for ever. And what sleeps within this child is only waiting to wake.
Open the gate
The reading sample tells the beginning of the story, starting with “The Children of the Grain”. You don't just read it: you are guided interactively through the prologue. New sections are added until Christmas.
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