Pursuit of Shadows (The Keeper Chronicles Book 2)

by JA Andrews

  He opened up to the group and felt the normal chaotic swirl of emotions.

  “Early the next morning, though, heavy footsteps broke the silence. Terrified that it was one of the dockside gangs, Sable crawled silently backwards until a glitter of fairy light caught her eye through the wood slats. Glints of red and gold and blue. She moved her head slowly, letting the colors shimmer down into the gloom where she lay.”

  One by one, the feelings of the people in the cave focused on the story and the first sparks of curiosity formed.

  “There was laughter, but it wasn’t the harsh laughter of the street packs. And there were snippets of songs, but not loud, bawdy tavern songs. She’d never heard voices like these. For it was sheer luck that a street mouse from Dockside had slept under the practice room of the Duke’s Figment of Wits traveling troupe.”

  Sable’s story continued, and the emotions of the group began to seep out from themselves and mix with those around them, creating a cloud of anticipation and amusement. It filled the cavern, each listener resonating with the emotions of the others until any divisions between them dwindled away.

  The rock walls wrapped around them all, glittering with firelight. In here were no slaves, no goblins, no dragons looming on the horizon.

  There was nothing but infinitesimally small glints of hope scattering across everything he could see.

  From the Author

  Thank you for reading Pursuit of Shadows. I hope you enjoyed Will’s story.

  A review is worth more to an author than a solid rescue plan would have been to Will around chapter 14.

  If you enjoyed Pursuit of Shadows and have the time to leave a review, you can do so on Amazon.

  The third and final book of The Keeper Chronicles is scheduled for publication in spring of 2019.

  You can see a list of all my books on my website at jaandrews.com.

  Thank you,

  Janice

  Tomkin and the Dragon

  A bookish, unheroic hero, a maiden who's not remotely interested in being rescued, and a dragon who'd just like to eat them both.

  “When they request a story from you,

  tell Tomkin and the Dragon. I love that one.”

  ~ Evangeline

  If you’d like to read the story of Tomkin and the Dragon that was mentioned in both books of the Keeper Chronicles, it is published under the title A Keeper’s Tale: The Story of Tomkin and the Dragon and you can find it for sale on Amazon.

  Acknowledgments

  Thank you Karyne Norton and Cheryl Schuetze for endless conversation about plots and helping to corral the bloated early drafts of Will’s story. You two helped more than I can express. Cecelia Sells, thank you for your unending patience and enthusiasm through my year and a half of complaint and whines about writing. You’re a constant encouragement to me. Katie Cross, thanks for the emergency story structure Facetime meeting. It’s what put this story right.

  To Fantasy Faction, thank you for the excellent critiques and unfailing enthusiasm for talking about writing things.

  To the unnamed order of authors who have taught me so much and given me hope that this writing thing might work, you know who you are, and I adore you all.

  Thank you Dane at ebooklaunch.com for the beautiful cover and Wojtek Depczynski for the amazing artwork. And Ren, thank you for the beautiful map.

  Thanks to my three kids for your patience while mom wrestled with the book, and for giving me quiet time to work when you had so many interesting things to talk about.

  But as always, most of all, thank you to my husband. You are the only reason I’ve kept going through the times when I felt like I couldn’t do it, but you believed I could. You make me a better person. Thank you for letting me ramble about writing and story structure and marketing, and for coming up with the best ideas. I love you so much. Can’t wait for the next 20 years of our story.

  About the Author

  JA Andrews is a writer, wife, mother, and unemployed rocket scientist. She doesn't regret the rocket science degree, but finds it generally inapplicable in daily life. Except for the rare occurrence of her being able to definitively state, "That's not rocket science." She does, however, love the stars.

  She spends an inordinate amount of time at home, with her family, who she adores, and lives deep in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, where she can see more stars than she ever imagined.

  For more information:

  www.jaandrews.com

  jaandrews@jaandrews.com