{"product_id":"storm-grazer-rising","title":"Storm Grazer Rising","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first cries began at dawn. By nightfall, the great city of Saan was nothing but ash and silence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe King's Army marches east, sworn to wipe out the mysterious Gray Cloaks, traitors accused of wielding a banished magic long dismissed as myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagnus, a young officer more eager to return home than to march into enemy lands, begins to question the war with every burned village and every unsettling encounter. What truth lies beneath the King's banners, and what price is being paid to preserve them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsewhere across Lavonshia, Aurelia knows nothing of war until the Gray Cloaks disrupt her village's Harvest Festival with a dire warning. Forced to flee the only home she has ever known, she must decide whether to trust strangers branded as enemies or watch her people fall to a rising darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs soldiers march, villages burn, and loyalties are tested, other lives are drawn into the conflict. Each carries pieces of a truth long buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAncient forces awaken. Prophecy stirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd somewhere in the chaos, the Storm Grazer must rise -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eor the coming darkness will consume everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStorm Grazer Rising\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in \u003cstrong\u003eThe Lavonshia Chronicles\u003c\/strong\u003e, an epic fantasy series of forbidden magic, clashing truths, and intertwined destinies in a world that has forgotten them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the beginnings of a war against a group of mysterious, magical beings, a young woman learns of her own connection to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean ancient prophecy in Munger's fantasy series-starter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Kingdom of Lavonshia's rural province of Dorak, 21-year-old Aurelia Talbot lives a quiet life with her father in a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evillage called Chelam. It's a peaceful place, unaffected by war or crime, but other parts of Lavonshia aren't as lucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecently, the city of Saan was decimated, with the entire population disappearing. The accused perpetrators are members\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof a mysterious nearby group of clans called Gray Cloaks, who have magical abilities and maintain peaceful relations with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorakians. A group of Gray Cloaks appear in Chelam and announce that the Ka-the king's army-is headed their way, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand that Aurelia's in danger-and she must leave Chelam with the Gray Cloaks immediately. Aurelia departs with a Gray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCloak named Daphne, accompanied by best friend Eken and Col, the son of Chelam's most prominent family, who wishes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto marry Aurelia. Daphne reveals that Aurelia is at the center of a prophecy about a Storm Grazer: \"one who rides the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estorm clouds and holds lightening in hand.\" Meanwhile, the Ka are seeking the missing people of Saan, killing any Gray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCloaks they encounter. Ka soldier Magnus Alwyn is wracked with guilt after his unit massacres a Gray Cloak village, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe isn't the only disillusioned soldier; later, Daphne saves him and his comrades from a pack of Shadow-Wolves. In this\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efantasy novel, Munger presents a tale of friendship, loyalty, and betrayal. The author's love for the genre is palpable on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eevery page; the compelling tale is populated with intriguing characters throughout, and the worldbuilding is convincing and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esound. Readers are likely to enjoy the detailed and sometimes playful descriptions of the various players most of all; they\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einclude NoNo, a catlike creature who \"possessed the peculiar ability to blend in with his surroundings, invisible to any who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eglanced his way. With a whisk of his tail, he became a stray bolt of cloth tumbling along the street, or a mischief of mice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escurrying across a room.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn engaging tale of prophecy and magic with solid characters and mythology.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Munger","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47475485999340,"sku":"9781971248011","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781971248011.jpg?v=1775456506","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/storm-grazer-rising","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}