Free (Kindle/Kobo/iTunes) The Friendship by Alison Croggon [YA Epic Fantasy Prequel]

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The Friendship by South Africa-born Australia-resident Alison Croggon (ISFDB, Wikipedia) is a tie-in prequel short story to her award-nominated Pellinor quartet of YA epic high fantasy adventures, this installment focusing on the backstory of a supporting character, free courtesy of publisher Walker.

Currently free @ Amazon UK, iTunes UK, & Kobo (available in the UK and also EU/Oceania/Japan when I spot-check assorted regional stores), and Sainsbury (available to the UK). Probably also free at Google Play for the eligible countries.

Description
A fascinating and revealing glimpse of the early lives of two major characters from the bestselling Pellinor sequence.

Saliman has travelled to Norloch to study the High Arts under Nelac of Lirigon, one of the greatest Bards in all Annar – but he feels isolated from his fellow students and angry at the prejudice he encounters from them. One such student is Cadvan of Lirigon, who to Saliman seems arrogant and selfish. However, it would seem that the pair are destined to become friends ... and that through their growing friendship they will fight the darkening of the Light itself.