A thousand years ago, the dark sorcerers, the Kryen, were dethroned and entombed. The world has lived in peace ever since. Now their acolytes want to bring them back. Gabriella just wanted her island village to remain the same. She wished for more friends and less time minding her brother, Dameon. When she sets out on a stolen airship to find a way to stop those who would change her home, she is swept up in a conflict between those who serve the Kryen and those sworn to stop them. It is a conflict that reaches far beyond the shores of Gabriella's home and deep into the mists of time-a conflict that raises armies, divides kingdoms, and shatters peace. With band of companions: an old man; a village outcast; and a mysterious elk, Gabriella will do her best to keep her village the same as it ever was. But to do so, she might have to change in ways she never expected.
Elk Riders
is high fantasy at its best. It's a story of underestimated misfits caught up in a fight on a scale they never expected. Beyond the numerous comparisons to
Lord of the Rings
and
Chronicles of Narnia,
sits in a pantheon of classic and contemporary fantasy: Ursula K. Leguin's,
Earthsea
series; Madeleine L'Engle's,
A Wrinkle in Time;
Garth Nix's,
Old Kingdom-Abhorsen
Series; Joe Abercrombie's,
Shattered Sea;
NK Jemisin's,
The Broken Earth;
and a plethora of television gems from
Willow
to the
Dragon Prince
Last Airbender.