Skies of Navarys

Two friends. Two ways of approaching life. One dilemma.

Liliyah studies "energea" as all thirteen-year-olds in Navarys do, devoting her mornings to mastering the music that controls her magic. Afternoons, she hobnobs with the artisan crafters and shopkeepers who built the island city-state into the trade capital of the world.

Her friend Mago faces struggles unsuspected by carefree Liliyah. His father, a renowned inventor, succombs to irrational flashes of rage. His mother holds a lethal secret close.

When a royal geomancer announces that the goddess Evaia shrugs, every citizen on the island springs to action. Disaster waits on no one's leisure Amidst the uproar, the aeromancer Palujon steals Mago's father's latest invention: unique lodestones with the potential to revolutionize life as the Navareans know it.

When Mago discovers the theft, he vows to make good his father's loss. But Liliyah questions Palujon's motives. Why would a man of his stature break the law? Is he truly a rogue?

Two friends. Two answers. Life and death hang on their choices.

Praise for J.M. Ney-Grimm

"Troll-magic": ..".a coming-of-age story with elements of Steampunk make it a great tale for fantasy enthusiasts of all ages." - D.J. Gelner, Amazon review

"The Troll's Belt": "I loved this story It is lively, perky and interesting." - W. Walsh, Amazon review

"Sarvet's Wanderyar": " J.M. Ney-Grimm is a master of epic fantasy], and I've been a fan of her work since the first paragraph I read..." - James J. Parsons, "Speaking to the Eyes"