Lantern: The
Complete Collection
by Chess
Desalls
Genre: YA Fantasy/Sci-fi
Pages: 230
Release Date: September 26th 2017
Summary:
The story of every lantern is unique, just like yours and mine.
This collection includes all three novellas, Lantern, Beacon, and Torch.
Tori discovers a lantern that shines for her and nobody else. Is it a ghost or a living being that must be set free?
Serah unseals a globe made of Celestial Glass. Does success bring her happiness or create more trouble than it's worth?
Evelyn meets Graham after attending a party where a lantern burns out. Who lights the way to pull the other through?
Experience three different stories, all with a connection to a mysterious lamp maker.
Genre: YA Fantasy/Sci-fi
Pages: 230
Release Date: September 26th 2017
Summary:
The story of every lantern is unique, just like yours and mine.
This collection includes all three novellas, Lantern, Beacon, and Torch.
Tori discovers a lantern that shines for her and nobody else. Is it a ghost or a living being that must be set free?
Serah unseals a globe made of Celestial Glass. Does success bring her happiness or create more trouble than it's worth?
Evelyn meets Graham after attending a party where a lantern burns out. Who lights the way to pull the other through?
Experience three different stories, all with a connection to a mysterious lamp maker.
Teaser/Editorial Review
Quotes
The story
of every lantern is unique, just like yours and mine.
"In
these three novellas, unhappy teens find themselves displaced in time and saved
by love.” – Kirkus Reviews
“From
Havenbrim to the here and now, many YA readers will likely stare at the moon
and dream." – Kirkus Reviews
"Lantern is a ghostly tale
with a difference which I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend." – Readers'
Favorite 5 Star Review of Lantern, Hilary Hawkes
"Serah is a character you cannot help but root for. . . .A wonderful, wonderful read!" – Readers' Favorite 5 Star Review of Beacon, Melissa Tanaka
"Serah is a character you cannot help but root for. . . .A wonderful, wonderful read!" – Readers' Favorite 5 Star Review of Beacon, Melissa Tanaka
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Excerpt
Evelyn’s
words caught in her throat as a faint blue light flickered inside the globe,
forming and spreading into a ball. Then, the ball floated at the globe’s
center.
She
brushed her fingertips across the glass.
The
blue light brightened.
A deafening
pop made her turn her head to the left. The lantern next to her burned
brighter, then changed from white to yellow to blue. Her hands flew to her
ears, her head spinning left and right. All the lanterns along the row were
changing color, in both directions, each one transforming with a pop and a puff
of smoke.
Tilting
her chin, Evelyn glimpsed the world beneath her. Everyone and everything had
frozen in time. Feet had stopped, mid-step. Lips that had fallen open had
failed to close. Hands and arms stayed suspended in the air, along with those
of the mimes caught inside their ice cubes.
“Joyce!”
Evelyn’s
breath returned to her in heavy gasps as she scanned the pier for her sister.
With her fists tight around the handlebar of the stepladder, she twisted to
where she noticed a hot dog stand, and the top of a head with golden blonde
hair, but she wasn’t sure it was Joyce—she was too far away.
“Anybody?”
she cried out. “For weeks I’ve been trying to tell you there’s something wrong
with this light!”
But no
one looked up. No one saw her. All seemed incapable of raising their eyes.
Blue
light crackled from the base of the lantern and glided across the handlebar.
Then, folded around Evelyn’s fingers; the light tugged at her hand. With a
shriek, she tried to climb down the stepladder, but she couldn’t break free.
As the
smoke from the lanterns cleared, the clouds that had obscured the starlight
broke apart and vanished. Evelyn squinted at the spray of stars glittering the
sky.
The
moon brightened. A beam of moonlight stretched from the sky and joined the blue
glow, intensifying the light until it shattered into a thousand sparkles.
Evelyn
screamed.
The
light that had pulled at her hand had spread and folded around her entire body,
drawing the scream and the breath from her lungs until all sound faded.
All
light dimmed.
About the Author
Chess Desalls is the author of award-winning
young adult fiction. Her nonfiction writing has been included in academic and
industry publications, with a focus on law and technology. She's also a
contributing editor for WritersTalk, South Bay Writers' monthly newsletter.
When she's not reading or writing, she enjoys traveling and trying to stay in
tune on her flute.
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Chess