Book three of The Leather Book Tales fantasy series, Companion
of Eagles, was released in January 2020, by Serimuse Books.
Written by Saskatoon, Saskatchewan author Regine Haensel, the series
takes place in a mythical territory based on a realistic western North American
landscape – northern forests, grasslands, deserts. mountains. It’s a world of many cultures, and of magical
beings – shape shifters, sorcerers, soothsayers, enigmatic warriors, dragons.
Four powers – fire, water, air and
earth – reveal themselves in four young people, triggered and enhanced by a
pair of silver bracelets. Their abilities grow as they overcome challenges and
collaborate against forces that oppose and threaten them. The young
people discover that they are part of an old and tangled tale, with risks not
only for themselves, but for their world and its people.
Themes of the series include family separation, a journey to find
missing children, parent and child conflicts, struggles against evil, family
secrets, the connection between history, mythology, the present and the future.
The books:
Queen of Fire (Book One, published in 2014, short-listed for the
High Plains Book Award, Young Adult Category, in 2015)
When tragedy
strikes for 15-year old Rowan she finds a magic bracelet hidden in the house,
that gives her various powers. An old letter reveals that her father is alive,
and she has a brother. Rowan must find the courage for a journey that will take
her far from home. But is someone tracking and following her and if so, for
what purpose?
Child of
Dragons (Book Two,
published in 2017)
Rowan is not
settling in very well with her father and brother in the city of Aquila. So,
when the opportunity arises, she takes on a task for the Grasslands People, to
find a pair of missing children. This quest leads her to a city by a lake, a
school, and a remote camp. Two young men vie for her attention and an enigmatic
foreign soldier appoints himself her protector. Can she learn to trust in the
silver bracelet that she’s been reluctant to use, and learn to wield power in
order to save, rather than to kill?
Companion of
Eagles (published
January 2020)
Samel, left at
home with his father in Aquila, wants his own adventure. When a cousin of their
dead mother arrives looking for Rowan, 14-year old Samel decides to defy his
father. He wants to visit the places where his mother grew up, to learn more about that side of his family. And yet the difficulties of the recent past are
still with him, and dangers threaten. Can Samel use his own magical bracelet to
protect himself and others? What secrets will Samel uncover, and how will they
change him?
(Map above copyright Meshon Cantrill 2017)
For more information about the books and the author: RegineHaenselwriter
The books are currently available in Saskatoon at McNally Robinson Booksellers, and Indigo Books, as well as on line at https://www.skbooks.com/bookstore/ and from Amazon.
