Nightwalker The Warlocks of Talverdin

After his guardian dies, Maurey is reduced from student to unpaid servant at his grammar school and bullied because of his black hair and eyes, which make him look as if he is related to the sorcerers who once inhabited the island. When it is discovered that Maurey is indeed a descendent of one of those sorcerers, or Nightwalkers, he is sentenced to be burned alive. He and his young rescuer flee for the Nightwalkers' hidden kingdom. Any reader who enjoys otherworld fantasy, or just a good adventure story, will not be able to put this book down. "If there is one book that has shaped what I think a book should do and what literature should be," medieval scholar K.V. Johansen says, "it is The Lord of the Rings. " Like Tolkien, she is thorough in her research. And readers will be richly rewarded. Johansen lives in a bit of another world herself; she grows exotic trees indoors, from a Tasmanian blue gum that reached ten feet to several California redwoods. She shares her jungle home in Sackville, New Brunswick, with a large dog named Pippin and several enormous goldfish.Johansen, K. V. is the author of 'Nightwalker The Warlocks of Talverdin', published 2007 under ISBN 9781551434810 and ISBN 1551434814.