The Maylin Fold
(2014)(Aster Wood and the Lost Maps of Almara)
(The first book in the Magic Doorways series)A novel by J B Cantwell
A sick boy. An interstellar pathway. An adventure unlike any other.
Aster Wood has been ill his whole life, but on the planets within the Maylin Fold, his sickness miraculously disappears.
Pulled into another world by an ancient magic, Aster learns that his ancestors have a long history of wizardry. Now, Aster is the last in the family line who can solve the riddle of where the famous sorcerer, Almara, disappeared to two hundred years ago.
But Cadoc, the angry commander who has long sought to stamp out all knowledge of Almara, has caught wind of Aster's plans. He joins the hunt, only it's Aster he seeks.
Aster needs to get back to Earth now, and he’s certain that finding Almara is the key to making his way home. But Cadoc draws ever closer, and the madman's noose grows tighter around Aster's neck with each step he takes along the trail Almara left behind.
Previously published as Aster Wood and the Lost Maps of Almara by J. B. Cantwell.
Genre: Children's Fiction
Aster Wood has been ill his whole life, but on the planets within the Maylin Fold, his sickness miraculously disappears.
Pulled into another world by an ancient magic, Aster learns that his ancestors have a long history of wizardry. Now, Aster is the last in the family line who can solve the riddle of where the famous sorcerer, Almara, disappeared to two hundred years ago.
But Cadoc, the angry commander who has long sought to stamp out all knowledge of Almara, has caught wind of Aster's plans. He joins the hunt, only it's Aster he seeks.
Aster needs to get back to Earth now, and he’s certain that finding Almara is the key to making his way home. But Cadoc draws ever closer, and the madman's noose grows tighter around Aster's neck with each step he takes along the trail Almara left behind.
Previously published as Aster Wood and the Lost Maps of Almara by J. B. Cantwell.
Genre: Children's Fiction
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