The Blue Crystal — Melissa Bowersock

In the realm of Zor, the tyrant Mal-Zor is maniacal in his quest for the mythical Blue Crystal of power sends generations of innocents to their deaths in the crystal mines. Jared, a young farmer from a small isolated village, has paid scant attention to the distant troubles until his younger siblings are taken as slaves. Jared vows to free them and his quest soon becomes enmeshed in the most magical power struggle imaginable. Accompanied by a recalcitrant halfling, mounted on a huge black lion and supported by an aging wizard and his daughter, Jared prepares to challenge the king and claim his hidden destiny. The Blue Crystal is an epic fantasy in the vein of The Lord of the Rings. A classic struggle of good vs. evil, the story weaves together threads of honor and fear, love and death, obsession and transformation. Readers of fantasy fiction from teens to adults will thrill to the adventures of Jared and Igli as they encounter wondrous dangers and fight for deliverance from tyranny. Watch the book trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcWA8lk8-bQ&feature=relmfu