The Squire and His Magical Library

ebook Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales

By Christy Matheson

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What if he doesn't have to be a warrior?
What if fate is something he can choose?

Despite the druids' prediction that Rian would become a great warrior, he hates the king's training program. After the first year's Trials, humiliated and angry, Rian flees the other squires to hide in the cellars...where he finds a magical library and a wren-like Fae who explains that he can choose his own fate. Each year, one figurine crumbles and one possible fate disappears because of the choices he's made. He should be able to make the Warrior disappear before he turns eighteen, right?

Meanwhile, Rian helps two very different princesses—one bent on becoming a warrior to seek revenge, and the other imprisoned by blindness. As Rian's decisions become entangled with his friendships, the figurines vanish one by one. As the years go by, does he have any choice left about his own future?

Read now, to journey back to 3rd-century Ireland with a reluctant young hero!

With characters based on Irish mythology, this historical fantasy has plenty of action but no gore.

It takes place in the same world as the other "Castle in Kilkenny" books, but is the earliest book featuring these characters, so is a true stand-alone.

The Squire and His Magical Library