The Boy from Glenhaven

Book One in "The Boy from Glenhaven" series comes to its exciting finish, as Renn and Annenlee huddle together around the ancient book, The Leaves.

Someone is calling them. Someone is coming for them. And Renn faces a decision that will change not only his life, but history itself.

As "The Boy from Glenhaven" races toward its thrilling conclusion, Renn finds friends in Gargoyle Crag.

Unfortunately for Renn, Ghutak has found them, too ...

Ghutak is livid. His followers tremble. Killborn suspects a secret plot.

But even while the dark master's minions point fingers of blame at one another, Ghutak selects three hooded figures in dark robes for a special assignment.

There will be no turning back now. As Ghutak charms the masses with boast and empty promise, a small boy from Glenhaven stands alone and opposes Ghutak to his face. It's a day that neither Renn - nor Ghutak - will ever forget.

PLUS: The mysterious narrator from the book's prologue returns.

While Renn is caught up in the sights and smells of Fort Tucker's marketplace at lunch time, a grand plan is unfolding all around him. A golden hero has come to claim a title - "champion" - that may not be his to claim.

Two guards patrolling the ramparts of Fort Tucker look down to see ... a child? Wandering through Dinsmore Wood and riding upon a donkey?

Renn doesn't realize yet, but he is setting into motion a chain of events that could prompt armies to go to war.

Mighty Killborn doesn't like being led like a dog, not when he can smell the dark council from a long way off.

But just as Killborn's patience reaches its limit, a powerful hand holds him down. Ghutak has come. He's gathered his minions. And his plans are about to be set in motion ...

A bone-chilling howl. A blaze of light. And Renn discovers Dinsmore Wood is no place for a child.

In one of the most thrilling chapters of The Boy from Glenhaven, Renn's time with the Linderlein grows short.

In Yul's cave, Annenlee is troubled with recurring nightmares. But Raelynna remembers all too well how her little girl's dreams have a way of coming true.

Meanwhile, the guardian, Yul, is feeling called to trouble brewing elsewhere.

The Linderlein receive Renn with glee, and the forest comes alive with a party fit for a king.

But when the subject of Fletley arises, the Linderlein are deeply disturbed. For there is something important that Renn does not yet know.

Renn's wanderings in Dinsmore Wood draw him deeper and deeper into the book known as The Leaves.

His journey also brings him into contact with a strange and curious little people - the "firefly men" known as the Linderlein.

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Is he a legend of old? A fairy tale? ... Or is he alive?

When Yul explains he hears the voice of Fletley, Raelynna is stunned. Is the giant Velyk really hearing dead people speak? The mystery only grows when Yul returns from Ayrenhall with startling news.

Two lost children, each grieving in their own ways.

But for each of them, the story they are living is so much bigger than their grief. Annenlee and Renn both discover they're not as alone as they feel.

Once again, Annenlee can't seem to fall asleep.

But when she sneaks out of bed in search of Yul's hidden chamber, the secrets she unlocks, and the painful truth she learns, will change her world ... forever.

Raelynna and Annenlee's strange visitor comes with devastating news.

But before they can fully feel the weight of it, an imminent danger forces them to flee. And just how they flee will be an adventure neither Raelynna nor Annenlee EVER forgets.

While Renn is on the run from the valley of Glenhaven, the story turns a page to introduce new characters who will impact his adventure in yet unknown ways.

For Ewan was not the last of the Velyks of the White.

And we now meet Raelynna and Annenlee, whose adventures are just beginning.

Left alone in the cave prepared for Little Bird, Renn determines to dry his tears and start his adventure ... even if it begins alone.

But the wonders Renn discovers in the cave reveal that someone has been preparing for his arrival for a very, very long time.

Ewan of the White sits alone, condemned, facing every Velyk's worst nightmare.

And back at Little Bird's cave, Renn is stunned Ewan left him alone. Or did he?

After leaving Renn at Little Bird's cave, Ewan of the White returns to Ayrenhall.

But something is amiss. And Ewan's very life hangs in the balance, as he faces serious accusations before the Magistrate.

Deeper and deeper into the mountain, Renn travels with Ewan on an underground river.

And deeper and deeper into story he goes. The beginning of time, a war in the heavens, and a frightening new adventure for the orphaned boy from Glenhaven.

Deep in the forest of Claymere, an ancient evil holds a secret meeting.

And deep underground, Renn meets a shocking new companion.

Renn's adventure is nothing like the stories he's read in his books, and fear, he learns, is no small gnat to be batted aside.

But even while the little boy wrestles with grief and terror, a little bird begins to point the way.

It turns out there's more to Mr. Wyllis than meets the eye.

And to a grieving little boy in desperate need of a friend, the old man has one last secret that may just save his life.

Renn's birthday began like many days before, with a visit to the ancient Mr. Wyllis, a bookseller older than any man he has ever known.

But by day's end, fire and sorrow rain down on Glenhaven, and Renn's life will never be the same.

The adventure begins with a mysterious, unnamed narrator returning to Glenhaven, the village of his birth.

But all is not well in the sleepy hamlet, even as young villager Rennolf Tuckley celebrates his 9th birthday.

Strange eyes are watching Glenhaven, and not just the narrator's.

Discover what The Boy from Glenhaven is, what content families can expect to find (and not find) in the story, and how this adventure tale is helping families like yours turn everyday life into a wondrous adventure in this preview, interview episode with The Boy from Glenhaven author Drew Zahn.

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