Keepers of the Keys

In a world where walls tell the future, islands flee from explorers, and unfulfilled promises outlive death, a storm of legends broods.

Born with magick and a love for music in a world without imagination, the only place for fourteen-year-old Carmen is in the Cutthroat's Chess, a devious system none have ever escaped. But when he flees from the storm inside himself into the storm raging across the world, he learns of a secret organization, an ominous sea captain, and a harper named Whispercry. As he sets off on a winding journey to prove himself to the only people who have the power to change his fate, he finds his happily-ever-after might not come so easy-for secrets and suspicion fester in every heart. And a traitor lurks among the Keepers of the Keys.
When everything he's ever wished for crumbles into the sea and everything else is put into danger by the mysterious Captain Stillwater, all Carmen wants is to protect his friends-but can he protect Whispercry from her own heart?

Written by a teen author, Keepers of the Keys is a bridge between the power of the classics and the twists of modern fiction. It embraces themes of friendship and creativity, and spins it all together with one, final, breath-stealing twist.