[The Tale of Eaglefriend 01] • A Facet for the Gem

**Morlen has never flown atop a great eagle,**

**or faced an army of man-eating ghouls.**

**He's spent his boyhood in the shadows, but now he's about to embark on a thrilling, deadly adventure that leads him to the skies.**

**Boyhood is over. The Tale of Eaglefriend begins.**

In a land of eagle-riding knights, bloodthirsty beasts, and a ruthless tyrant, young Morlen retreats from thousands of snapping jaws with the stolen Goldshard in his grasp. Its power to bestow strength and invincibility is just a panicked whisper away, and he'd feel naked without it while he fights the sinister forces that follow him at every turn.

Fortunately, he gains a few peculiar allies: a legendary warrior reluctant to leave his sheltered paradise, a wizard tormented by his past, and the untamable bird of prey that kings and heroes have sought for centuries.

*A Facet for the Gem* is a coming of age fantasy that brings Morlen from distant kingdoms to sprawling aerial battles, into the fiery breath of a stony dragon and side-by-side with a lady knight who is the last person to need rescuing. Fly with him as his epic adventures culminate in a final showdown against swords, fangs, and greatest of all: his own fear.

**Audiobook now available, narrated by Voice Arts Awards nominee James Foster, from award-winning Podium Publishing (*Dawn of Wonder, King's Dark Tidings, and The Martian*)**