Time Guards - The Italian Quest
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When Viola's father is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, she discovered that he was a time traveller. He also had been a Time Guard - an individual trusted to stop history from being changed and to protect the Kingdom of Reyia, home to time travellers. To clear his name and catch a murderer Viola and her best friend Kristen must ally themselves with three unlikely friends in the Italian Quest, an adventure to find three keys in different times and parts of Italy in order to recover one of the highly powerful and dangerous Time Gems. But they aren't the only ones looking for it. With a murderer and a warrior also interested, will this unlikely band of heroes claim the gem, free Viola's father and catch the murderer?
This is the first book in the Time Guard Trilogy.
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