This first book in the series "A Quest for Ancient Wisdom" also serves as a prequel to Rhuna's adventures.
In the ancient, mystical past when an idyllic Atlantis-like civilization flourished, its people with exceptional powers could build giant stone structures like the Pyramids, and transform elements such as sand to stone and metal to gold with concentrated energy of the mind.
This utopian Atlan Empire is rocked when one of its most preeminent Masters rebels and seeks to subvert the ideals of Atlan society. Roaming the countryside in a black robe, misusing his powers on innocent people, he becomes known as the dreaded Dark Master.
On a distant and isolated island on the fringes of the Atlan Empire, a young girl named Rhuna comes of age when she meets a man from Atlán and learns that her father was an Atlan Master who was killed in his attempt to destroy the Dark Master.
Journeying across oceans and ancient worlds, Rhuna learns to master her inherent mental powers, transforming elements and summoning visions by means of the Gazing of the Waters. Unlike her peers, however, Rhuna discovers she has an extra power, namely the ability to summon visions mentally, without incantations or powders.
When the Dark Master’s activities become a threat to the peaceful Atlan Empire, the Atlan Masters come to realize that they cannot defeat him without Rhuna’s special visionary powers to observe the Dark Master’s activity and whereabouts.
The first book in this extraordinary Urban Fantasy series lays the foundations of the Atlan Empire and Rhuna’s world, and even when the Dark Master appears to have been defeated, secret and sinister powers continue to threaten the ancient Utopia.
The first book in the series currently has 34 reviews, and has been at the #1 ranking in various categories a few times when it was promoted by services such as Ereader News Today and similar ebook newsletter promoters. Since several sequels have been published, readers sometimes get books 2 or 4 free through Kindle Unlimited, and then become curious to read Book 1, so the sales continue slowly even when it is not being promoted through newsletters or social media.
“It is perfect!” he said triumphantly, and kneeled down next to the water. “Be seated near me, Rhuna, and observe.”
Rhuna sat down on the surrounding rocks and wondered what he would do.
He removed a small cloth pouch from within his robe, pulled open the draw strings and gently removed a glimmering container about the size of his thumb. Rhuna watched intently as he delicately remove its lid.
He stretched his hand with the small container over the pool of water, closed his eyes as if in deep concentration, then spoke several foreign words that Rhuna didn’t understand while sprinkling some of the powdery contents of the container over the water. The process lasted only a moment, but Rhuna sat mesmerized as she watched. When he opened his eyes again, he immediately looked down at the water and fixed his sight on it.
Rhuna gently moved forward to see what Tozar was looking at in the small rock pool. At first she thought she saw only their own reflections, but then she realized there were three faces, and two of them were Sunshine on the Mountain and Rumble in the Earth.
“What is this, Tozar?” Rhuna whispered loudly. “Why are those two Masters in the water’s reflection?”
“They discuss the making of the statues here on this island,” he said slowly. “Watch and listen carefully,” he said softl Rhuna moved closer to Tozar so that she could see the images clearly, and then she recognized the cooking area where she had sat with the two Masters. She watched the three men sitting on the wooden seats talking to each other. Sunshine of the Mountain waved his arms and hands around boisterously, while Rumble in the Earth looked angrier than usual. y.
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German
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Already translated.
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Spanish
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Already translated.
Translated by Luis Javier López Pintor
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