First published 2024
Emily Hayes moves with her family to her great-grandfather's old house, where everything changes in an instant. A tentacled monster attacks her mother, leaving her in a coma. Emily discovers an ancient amulet that selects her as its new keeper. The stone grants her magical powers but speaks to her constantly, offering strength through increasingly dark methods. She enters a world where robots walk alongside talking animals and enemies lurk everywhere. The Elf King hunts her, determined to steal the amulet's power for his own purposes. Emily learns that other stonekeepers came before her, and the amulet corrupted them all. Each battle makes her stronger, but the stone's voice grows more persuasive, pushing her toward choices that could destroy her soul. She must master the amulet's magic to save her mother and protect this strange realm, but using its power means risking everything she is.
Genres: fiction, adventure, fantasy, young-adult
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, found-family
Setting: Elf Kingdom
Period: Ancient
2016 pages · Paperback · Graphix