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Summary: She plunged her blade into his chest, feeling it grind along his ribs... Outcast swordfighter, Kyer Halidan, was abandoned in a cornfield at age three. Now, twenty years on, shes searching for answers: Who left her there? And why? Kyer doesnt suffer fools, and when she kills a man in a duel, it changes her life forever. The duel catches the eye of Valrayker, a legendary hero, who pulls her into his company for a high-stakes mission to save a village. While on the mission, Kyer is stalked and captured by powerful allies of the man she killed, who are determined to learn what she knowsand will stop at nothing to find out. Shes rescued by an inexplicable magic that raises suspicions among her friendsand fuels her enemies wrath even further. And worsetheir fear. As trust crumbles around her and danger closes in, Kyer must defy orders and challenge the very people she swore to follow. As for her true identity, Valrayker harbours his own suspicions. But hes keeping those secrets to himself for now. Gatekeeper's Key is an adventure riddled with danger, intrigue, mysterious magic, scheming villains, humour, sword-wielding badassery, and dark consequences. "Gatekeeper's Key is a dark and luscious truffle everyone will want to savor and beg for more when it's done." ~ Diana Pharaoh Francis - USA Today Bestselling Author of the Path trilogy and the Crosspointe Chronicles. Gatekeeper's Key is a thrilling start to a fantasy series full of danger, intrigue and attitude. Reviews: "I just finished reading Book 1, and it was SO GOOD. Absolutely sank into this one." ~J. Reeser - author "I love this series. I just finished book three at two in the morning last night. For reference, I go to bed around nine. I just kept thinking just one more page. Just one more..." ~Theresa Miller - author of Mushrooms, Magic and Murder "WARNING: Start reading on a weekend or clear your schedule for the next few days because you will not be able to put this down!" ~Ruby Seah - Goodreads reviewer "This book is a love letter to classic fantasy: swords and sorcery, wizards and elves, struggles between good and evil - plus a spunky heroine who kicks ass and doesn't take anyone's sh*t." ~Celia T - Goodreads reviewer
Word Count: 128000
Summary: "Why don't you trust me?" he asked. Hurt and disbelief whirled in her head. "Because you don't trust me." The Lady Alon Maer, wife of duke Kien Bartheylen, is pregnant and seriously ill. Swordfighter Kyer Halidan, along with her company of friends, takes on the mission to find a cure. If they fail, Alon and her baby will die. An alluring stranger who calls himself The Guardian turns up along the way and gives Kyer timely warnings, earning her trust, and hinting at her true identity. But is he helping her, or serving his own ends? An uncanny escape, a gift from a dead warrior, a shocking message for Kyer's ears only, all sow suspicions among her friends that she is not who she claims to be. Even as their faith in her is tainted, her nemesis plots his vengeance: exposing unassailable evidence that it is Kyer who is attempting to murder Alon Maer.
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Summary: "Two lives for each life." Lord Bartheylen rose to his seven-foot height. "Kyer Halidan owes me four." The party of adventurers is fractured, divided between those who believe Kyer delivered the poison that is killing Lady Alon Maer, and those whose faith in her remains intact. Racing against time and relentless pursuers, the company must align to find the cure and deliver it to Alon Maer. A magical intervention can hasten their journey—it is not only a clue to Kyer's true identity, but further damning proof of her guilt. Against all odds she must clear her name. As the evidence against Kyer stacks up, her nemesis launches his final plan to destroy her life.
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Summary: “If you’re so obsessed with the truth, you need to look a little closer to home.” At the party celebrating Derry’s knighthood, Kyer learns a terrible truth—her “Guardian” is none other than Golgathaur, lieutenant to Dregor himself. Faced with rescuing the one person who holds the key to her identity, Kyer must use her newfound magical talent to enter the realm of her enemy, alone. There, Golgathaur reveals something that will not only change her life, but also the lives of those whom she holds most dear. He demands an impossible choice, even as Kyer is thunderstruck by yet another magical discovery. Realizing that her motivations are agonizingly interconnected with her enemy leads to an inconvenient truth: each needs the other alive to achieve their goals. Worse, one she thought she could trust is hiding the most terrible secret of all. Kyer and the company led by Lord Valrayker soon find themselves on a journey to carry out a horrific deed in order to save Rydris from a terrible fate. Even those who have already fled are in peril. Preorder the electrifying penultimate book in the Gatekeeper fantasy trilogy-in-five-parts today. “Gatekeeper’s Crucible introduced me to the fantasy series I didn’t know I sorely needed. With rich, well-woven world building, resilient heroes, and wretched villains, Wallace had me under her spell from the first word to the last.” ~ Cait Gordon, award-winning co-editor of Nothing Without Us Too and author of Speculative Shorts: Stories that fell out of my brain
