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The Lamplighters


A Children or Middle Grade Book


Subgenres:

  • Middle Grade Fantasy Adventure,
  • Dark Fantasy,
  • Quest Fantasy
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Kids wielding flaming spears to fight monsters in endless night
  • Unlikely duos forced to trust each other on magical quests
  • Cities cursed by darkness and secrets waiting to be unraveled
Publisher Description

A cursed city. A young warrior. A magical journey.

It’s always night in the city of Iveron. Black clouds smother the sky, and monsters called vexors lurk in the dark, ready to drag away the unwary.

Twelve-year-old Gan dreams of becoming a Lamplighter, one of the young heroes with their flaming spears who light the city’s streetlamps and keep the darkness at bay. Gan’s dream comes true—until his lamplighter crew gets ambushed beyond the wall and his beloved brother Brall is carried away by vexors. Gan vows to get him back, but his only remaining companion is Lyona, the ill-tempered daughter of the city’s most notorious miscreant.

Together, they must cross enchanted forests, befriend magical beings, and battle viscous creatures, until they reach the palace of the evil Fairy Empress Nymia, whom the vexors serve. In order to defeat the empress and get Brall back, Gan and Lyona will have to uncover the truth about Iveron’s curse, a mystery that could either save their city, or doom it.

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