Anyone read James Blaylock? I got interested in him when I read he is as inspired by The Wind in the Willows as he is The Lord of the Rings. So his fantasy novels are whimsical and light-hearted.
He has a couple of books on sale, both first in a trilogy. I don't like the new ebook covers as much as the old paperbacks. But that is easy to fix.
The Elfin Ship is $1.99
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Trading with the elves used to be so simple. Every year Master Cheeser Jonathan Bing would send his very best cheeses downriver to traders who would eventually return with Elfin wonders for the people of Twombly Town.
But no more . . .
First, the trading post at Willowood Station was mysteriously destroyed. Then, a magical elfin airship began making forays overhead. Something was definitely amiss.
So Jonathan set off downriver to deliver the cheeses himself, accompanied by the amazing Professor Wurzle, the irrepressible Dooly, and his faithful dog Ahab. It would have been such a pleasant trip, if not for the weeping skeleton, mad goblins, magic coins, an evil dwarf, a cloak of invisibility—and a watch that stopped time.
If only the return trip were so simple.
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The third book,
The Stone Giant is also $1.99 right now.
The Last Coin is $1.99
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The price of immortality...
Two thousand years ago, there lived a man who sold some valuable information for a fee of thirty silver coins. His name was Judas Iscariot, and he is no longer with us. The coins, however, still exist—and still hold an elusive power over all who claim them . . .
Like Andrew Vanbergen, whose attempts at innkeeping bring in stranger business than he ever expected.
And Aunt Naomi, whose most prized family heirloom is a silver spoon—with a curiously ancient-looking engraving.
And especially old Mr. Pennyman, who is only five silver coins short of immortality...
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The description sounds serious, but this is also a comedic story.