The Messenger From Myris Dar
by Kindrie Grove

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Rowan Mor Lanyar has trained from childhood as an elite guardian of Myris Dar, her reclusive island home. But when an enigmatic prophecy sends her with a fateful message to Eyos, a land of fallen empires and forgotten secrets, she finds herself hunted by a dark, ancient power that nothing in her training has prepared her for. Falling in with a colourful band of mercenaries led by the taciturn Torrin Ralor, a mysterious, solemn warrior hiding a tragic past, she travels with them toward their common goal, the fortress city of Pellaris, besieged by monstrous creatures sent to destroy the city and the secret it holds—the key to protecting the emerging civilization in Eryos. As the dangers threatening Rowan grow, she begins to suspect that her cryptic message for Pellaris only hints at deeper mysteries. Together, Rowan and Torrin must learn how to fight an ancient, forbidden magic whose dreadful legacy fuels an unquenchable thirst for power and suffering. The Messenger from Myris Dar, Book One of The Stone Guardians series, is an illustrated YA-crossover in the best high fantasy tradition. With mystery, intrigue, budding romance, thrilling battles, and compelling characters in a richly realized fantasy universe, it will resonate with a broad age range from young adult to older fantasy fans and satisfy readers who enjoy thought-provoking stories with characters that are complex both in their relationships with each other and their relationships to themselves.

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Kindrie Grove is an artist as well as an author. She graduated with distinction from the Alberta University of Art and has enjoyed great success as a multidisciplinary artist, operating her own studio near Penticton, British Columbia, where she works with fantasy and animal subjects through the mediums of cast bronze, oil painting, and traditional drawing. Kindrie has written and illustrated A Field Guide to Horses (Lone Pine Publishing, 2009) and illustrated two children’s books. An enthusiastic, lifelong reader of fantasy fiction, she trained for seven years in mixed martial arts, and having grown up with horses, enjoys a thorough understanding of riding and equine husbandry, areas of expertise that figure prominently in The Messenger From Myris Dar and help make the world of this novel startlingly realistic and remarkably vivid. Kindrie lives near Penticton with her husband and son. Her studio manager is a handsome tuxedo cat named Oreo, who arrived as an uninvited guest and became an undisputed member of the family.

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