YA Fantasy Series
Status: Going through a re-write.
I started this book in 2013 while I was living and working Mexico. It’s gone through at least three full re-writes. I also completed writing the 2nd book and began the 3rd book before life and other writing projects demanded my attention. But I’m back at it. Here’s a brief overview of what it’s about!
Keelee is the kingdom of Lustan’s next savior known as the Keeper. But she’s not just upset about it, she’s furious. The calling wrenched her and her brother from their life in a small farming village. (Never mind that she wasn’t too keen on that life anyway and is slightly relieved that the calling came just before the Harvest Moon festival when she would have been chosen as someone’s bride.) Now she has to travel to the Temple of Uriah to be trained as a warrior, even though the thought of fighting anyone makes her want to throw up.
If that wasn’t bad enough, her mentor is infuriating. His method of training consists of shoving a sword in her hands and shouting instructions at her. He can’t seem to give a straight answer to any of her questions about the Keeper and he clearly thinks the universe could have chosen a more qualified Keeper than an irritating farm girl.
““Characters have a way of intruding and demanding their own book! When that happens, you are in luck! You are in good hands! ””
But when their small band is attacked on the road by mysterious persons with color-changing eyes, Keelee is convinced there’s more going on than her tight-lipped mentor is willing to reveal. This suspicion is compounded when they arrive at the Temple and a figure appears to Keelee warning her to beware.
As Keelee sets out to save her companions from a danger they cannot see, she hopes to solve the biggest mystery of all: why was she (of all people) chosen as Keeper?
The Temple of Uriah is a young adult novel filled with all your favorite things: mystery, action, slow-burning romance, and—my personal favorite—bomb characters who will become your best friends. My original concept was a story about a super hero who wasn’t super. Someone everyone doubts (and who doubts herself) but in the end, it turns out she was the right person for the job the whole time.
How?
You’ll have to read the story…someday…