Tilda’s initiation is barely over and she’s already taking her first powermaging lessons and learning the legends of Issraya. She secretly practices making illuminorbs in her room until she drains her energy to a level she knows Silviu will notice. She sneaks to the Ringroom to get a power boost. To her horror, she discovers the silviron in the Ringstone had been tainted in the battle with Luisa and the conduit to the Power is fading. Tilda’s waning Merjanian portion of the Power reveals there’s more silviron in the mines of Pergatt.
Despite Silviu’s orders to remain at Issraya, Tilda travels to Pergatt with Mage Duska in the hope of discovering the precious starmetal. Under the pretense of learning about the history of powermages and their regions, she joins a team of young gem miners in the hope they will lead her to the silviron.
In the mines, she stumbles upon evidence of the cursed stone from the most evil legend in the history of the mages. Now she hopes she has enough knowledge and skill to defeat its dark magic.
Dragonfeather Books
192 pp. ● 5.83×8.27
$13.95 (pb) ● $7.99 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-949290-44-8 (pb)
For ages 9 and up
JUVENILE FICTION – Fantasy
Publication date: June 2020
Katherine Hetzel is the short author who tells tall tales, based in the heart of the UK. She writes fantasy adventure novels and magical short stories for children, and has also dabbled with writing short stories for adults, some of which have been long- and short-listed in competitions or published in anthologies. She loves all things rainbow, cold chicken, and liquorice.
"Interview with Katherine Hertzel Author of Kingstone, The Chronicles of Issraya & Granny Rainbow" by Josephine Park, The Book Dragon
"How to Run a Writing Workshop for Children" by Katherine Hetzel, The Writer's Cookbook