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Knightmare Arcanist

by Shami Stovall

A gravedigger’s path to magic leads to a dangerous secret

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A gravedigger’s path to magic leads to a dangerous secret

Volke Savan hopes to become an arcanist by bonding with a mythical creature, and his chance arrives in the form of a knightmare—an unsettling companion with knowledge about Volke’s hero, Gregory Ruma. The story joins magical apprenticeship and creature lore with a threat to Volke’s island home: Ruma is spreading corrupted magic and has already killed phoenixes. Volke’s choices are bound up with protecting his adopted sister and the girl he admires, bringing the coming-of-age premise into direct conflict with the danger posed by a celebrated figure. Sailing and swashbuckling fantasy frame the struggle between admiration and confronting wrongdoing.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in coming-of-age fantasy and magical apprenticeships.
  • Fans of stories featuring mythical creatures, sailing, and swashbuckling adventure.
  • Teen and young adult readers seeking fantasy centered on loyalty and challenging a hero’s reputation.

Themes

Coming of ageMagical bonds and mythical creaturesLoyalty and protectionThe conflict between admiration and wrongdoing

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Book overview

Magic. Sailing. A murderer among heroes.

Gravedigger Volke Savan wants nothing more than to be like his hero, the legendary magical swashbuckler, Gregory Ruma. First he needs to become an arcanist, someone capable of wielding magic, which requires bonding with a mythical creature. And he'll take anything--a pegasus, a griffin, a ravenous hydra--maybe even a leviathan, like Ruma.

So when Volke stumbles across a knightmare, a creature made of shadow and terror, he has no reservations. But the knightmare knows a terrible secret: Ruma is a murderer out to spread corrupted magic throughout their island nation. He's already killed a population of phoenixes and he intends to kill even more.

In order to protect his home, his adopted sister, and the girl he admires from afar, Volke will need to confront his hero, the Master Arcanist Gregory Ruma.

A fast-paced fantasy with magical creatures for those who enjoy the Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera series) by Jim Butcher, Unsouled (Cradle Series) by Will Wight, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan.

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