The Island's Inhabitant
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Zoey McKnight has already lost so much: her mother, her father, her uncle, and her cousin and best friend. She can't bear to lose their memory too. While attempting to relive their lives through the journals and artifacts left behind in her aunt's attic, Zoey finds herself starting an incredible and dangerous journey in a new world. With the help of a glowing sword and vague instructions from a scroll, she must assume the mantle of the Guardian of the Blade and destroy a great evil housed upon an island in this mysterious new land of Calcasia.
Book 1 of the Adventures in Calcasia
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