It’s hunting the children.
Aeryn Ravane and the young thief Theo Weldon nearly died at the hands of The Harbinger. They travel north to escape their dark memories, but their trials are not over. Darkness finds them again in the city of Eben. A malevolent force has been feeding on the minds of children. It’s not long before it finds Theo.
Aeryn’s desperate search for answers leads her to a dark legend about an insatiable creature that no one believes is real. But is it truly just a myth? Aeryn races to find out the truth before Theo’s nightmares swallow her forever.
From the opening sentence, “Funny how a day could turn on you,” I was pulled into the story of The Joy Thief. This is a dark tale that pulls from myth and bedtime story, but not one of the old and worn out ones, but a new one of the author’s invention. [...] The inventions of magic at the root of this tale are clever and well-crafted, and new – something not so easy to do in this time of myriad swords and sorcerers and dark tales coming out of the woodwork at Amazon and other online bookstores.
