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Exile
The Crystal Keeper Book 1
by Laurisa White Reyes
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Exiled for loving a human, Jayson is sworn to protect the Seer's crystal from those who would use it to obtain power. Unbeknownst to him, his wife Ivanore searches for him, hoping to save him from the terrible fate she has seen in her visions. When she is captured, Jayson must make an impossible choice--should he save Ivanore or save the crystal?
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Betrayal
The Crystal Keeper Book 2
With the help of Teak, a local farm hand, Ivanore flees from the Vatéz into the forest. While recuperating from her injuries, she becomes an apprentice to an elderly enchantress who teaches her how to control her abilities. Unaware that Ivanore is in Hestoria, Jayson commits to working off the cost of Brommel’s passage to Dokur, where he hopes he and his young son will be safe. Though Jayson vows to avenge the death of Brommel’s wife and daughter, despair and guilt threaten to extinguish what little hope he has left of begin reunited with Ivanore.
Vengeance
The Crystal Keeper Book 3
In the third book in The Crystal Keeper series, Ivanore sets off to rescue Jayson from the Vatez but soon finds herself their captive instead. Once Jayson learns that Ivanore is in Hestoria, he must choose between saving her and saving the Seer's crystal.
Hidden
The Crystal Keeper Book 4
For four years, Jayson and the Guardians of the Seer have been hiding on a remote farm, but Arik, Minister of Hestoria, refuses to give up hunting for them. As his hatred for Jayson grows, Arik and the Vatez begin attacking local villages in hopes of flushing out him out. But when his efforts fail, Arik uses Ivanore, the Seer and Jayson's true love, to betray him.
Defiant
The Crystal Keeper Book 5
Defiant is the 5th installment in The Crystal Keeper series.
Lady Ivanore the Seer escapes Auseret and goes in search of Jayson and the Guilde, but Arik, leader of the Vatez, is determined to use her to lead him to the crystal.
Fallen
The Crystal Keeper Book 6
Fallen is the 6th installment in The Crystal Keeper series.
Arik, Minister of the Vatéz, wreaks vengeance on the Guilde, escalating the violence against Hestoria's villages. Meanwhile, though Jayson's wounds begin to heal, his memories of the Vatéz's attack -- and of Ivanore -- are missing.
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Did you
always want to be a writer?
Yes.
I wrote my first poem on a scrap of poster board when I was 5. As a kid, I was
always writing poetry and plays. Later, after college, I worked as a freelance
writer, a staff writer, book editor, and newspaper editorialist. But my real
passion was writing novels. My first published novel, The Rock of Ivanore from The Celestine Chronicles, actually began
as bedtime stories for my then 8-year-old son (who is now 22). In fact, The
Crystal Keeper series is actually a prequel series to Chronicles.
Do you
have any advice for aspiring writers?
First,
I always tell new writers to finish what you start. It isn’t easy, of course.
Writers tend to want to make every word perfect. But then you get bogged down
and end up with a bunch of unfinished manuscripts. Don’t worry so much about
perfection. Get through it. Get to the end of the story. You can revise it
later. Second, write what you love. Don’t try to write to current trends
because the trends will probably have changed before you finish writing your
book.
If you
weren't a writer, what would you be?
At
the moment, I teach English composition at my local city college. I’d always
rather be writing, but I have bills to pay like anyone (and three kids in
college), so currently I teach English composition at my local city college.
But if I could choose some other occupation, I’d probably teach history. I have
a passion for ancient history. I listen to university lectures on CD in my car
and have done quite a bit of research on Biblical history (I take after my dad
with that). It’s my youngest son, though, who, at eleven years old, is the true
historian in the family. He knows almost everything about ancient Rome. In
fact, he and I are learning Latin together.
Are you
working on anything now?
I’m
always working on something. Aside from running my publishing company,
Skyrocket Press, I’m currently writing a book for self-published authors called
8 Secrets for Successful Self-Publishing,
a topic I speak about at writing conference. It’s due out in March. I also
recently finished a young adult novel that should be out sometime this summer.
What
authors have influenced you the most?
I learned more about writing from Dan
Brown (The DaVinci Code, Angels and
Demons) than anyone else. He is a master of suspense, every chapter a
cliffhanger so that you just can’t put his books down. Period. And I love how
he weaves multiple points of view together until they all collide at the end. I
also love how he moves between various points of view. Many of my books,
including The Crystal Keeper, use
that same technique. Some other authors I love include Elizabeth Wein, C. Hope
Clark, Kate Mosse, and Hugh Howey.
What's
on your current reading list?
I
just finished reading the Pulitzer Prize finalist A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers.
Brilliant. But I’m really addicted to C. Hope Clark’s The Edisto Island
Mysteries & Carolina Slade Mysteries. I’m on my 4th book. Later,
I plan to read Radium Girls by Kate
Moore and a non-fiction book called Mindset
by Carol Dweck. I have a wide taste in genres. The only books I won’t read
are romances and westerns. Blech.
What was your favorite book as a teen?
As a kid, I loved Trixie Belden Mysteries and read every
book in the series. I still have them, in fact. Also, I was about thirteen when
I read Flowers for Algernon and Of Mice and Men. Both those books
shredded my heart. I wept for days. But they are still two of the greatest
books I’ve ever read.
Laurisa White Reyes is the author of the 2016 Spark Award winning novel The Storytellers, as well as The Celestine Chronicles and The Crystal Keeper series. She lives in Southern California where she teaches English at College of the Canyons.
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