I am so excited to partner with some other amazing authors for a March Reading Contest! It’s super easy to enter and sure to be a lot of fun! To enter, download the National Reading Month Challenge score card:
Every time your child reads for 20 minutes or you read to your child for 20 minutes, color in one of the books. Then, post a picture of your score card in the official Facebook Event Page in the comments of the pinned post. Mark down which prize bundle you’d like to enter in to win:
One of my favorite things to do when I’m not writing is walking around a good used book store! I’m fortunate to have three different wonderful used book stores within an hour’s drive, so last week I visited all three in one day! I found a ton of great used books ranging from Sigmund Brouwer’s Accidental Detectives to Bill Myers’ The Guardian, book #5 in his Forbidden Doors series, one of my favorites!
It’s been roughly 16 years since I read the first two books in The Wormling series, so I decided it was high time I went back and finished reading this Christian fantasy series for middle grade readers! I recently finished reading The Changeling, book #3 in The Wormling series written by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry.
If you like portal fantasy stories, check out my spoiler-free book review in the video below!
November has come to a close and we’re already a week deep into December! We’re all set up for Christmas and looking forward to celebrating the birth of Jesus all month and into January. Last month I read 13 books, and really enjoyed many of them. In the latest vlog post, I’ll share the books I read last month and which ones I recommend!
And that means I’m perusing my shelves for all the Christmas themed and Christmas-adjacent books! In the video below, I go through all the Christmas books I could find in my personal library. From picture books to middle grade fiction, there’s a little something here for everyone who enjoys a good Christmas tale.
A few days ago I received my Author Copies of Thrones 1-3 in the mail! So what did I decide to do? Record an unboxing video of course! So here it is: Unboxing the first three books in the Thrones series! To order copies of Secret of the Lost King, Sword of the Broken Son, and Skin of the Dragon Lord, visit Amazon at this link: Thrones!
It’s a Thrones: Side Quest available now in paperback! Light of the Frozen Star is the story that answers the question someone recently asked me that I thought was worth exploring!
“How did Jagger and Innes actually meet?”
The adventure I discovered behind the journey that forged an unlikely friendship between archer and squirrel is one of my favorites! Set at Christmas time, Innes the squirrel soon discovers that the forest is being frozen in snow and ice, and the only person who can help him is Jagger, the grumpy archer who just moved into the cottage by the old obelisk.
Together, they embark on a dangerous journey to find out the truth behind the mysterious blue light that has frozen their world.
Weaving in the story of Christmas from Luke 2, this novella will definitely scratch the itch between Skin of the Dragon Lord and Song of the Dead Prophet.
Where in the series does this story fall?
I recommend reading Light of the Frozen Star definitely after book one and the short story in the back of Secret of the Lost King. It will help quite a bit if you’ve read books two and three, but you don’t absolutely have to have read those to read this side quest!
Freshly updated editions of Secret of the Lost King and Sword of the Broken Son, books 1 and 2 in the Thrones series have both released, as well as the brand new, never released before book 3: Skin of the Dragon Lord! The next book is finally here, and I can’t wait for you to read it!
I re-read these books for the first time in a few years over the past couple months, and I have to say, it was so exciting to re-experience them almost as if it was the first time. I love a good plot twist, and there’s one in Skin of the Dragon Lord I had completely forgotten! When I came to it, I actually gasped out loud!
For those new to the world of Jack, Molly, and Ellie, Thrones is an epic fantasy series perfect for middle grade readers who love action, adventure, and the thrill of discovery.
In Secret of the Lost King, Jack and Molly must rescue Jack’s little sister, Ellie, from the evil emperor Morogh, who has discovered a secret: Jack, Molly, and Ellie know something—something they’ve actually forgotten! And if Morogh can get the secret from them, then he can rule the kingdom of Tanniyn forever unopposed. Along the way, Jack receives help from mysterious visions of a man named Gideon, who is facing his own battles and must find the courage to remember who he truly is.
Sword of the Broken Son continues the story from book one, taking Molly on an adventure along with the Prince of Trevan, all to save the kingdom from an army bent on the destruction of Tanniyn. If Molly fails, then Tanniyn will fall. But if she succeeds in her quest, old friends will become enemies, ancient evils will emerge, and Molly will find herself stuck in a world without hope.
In the latest installment of Thrones, Skin of the Dragon Lord, Ellie must seek out the enigmatic Dragon Lord and enlist their assistance in preventing a catastrophic event that will irreversibly reshape the face of the known world. Throughout her journey, Ellie is unexpectedly reunited with individuals she never imagined crossing paths with again, forcing her to grapple with the question of whether someone can truly be redeemed.
The books are all available now in paperback on Amazon.com. Click the links below to pick them up today!
As I prepare for Thrones 1-3 to release any day now, I have posted my first video on my new YouTube Channel: @shaunstevensonbooks! I had the chance to speak at a Preteen Retreat in Arkansas and while there, I was able to do some work on Thrones, so I decided to show you what my cabin looked like as well as share my Fall Reads, Releases, and Ramblings!
It’s finally here! Yes, books one to three of Thrones are coming October 2023! I couldn’t be more excited for you to re-experience books 1 & 2 of one of my favorite series, and I absolutely cannot wait for you to experience book 3: Skin of the Dragon Lord! That book has been five years in the making, and now it’s finally right around the corner!
So what have I been up to over the past few years? Well, I’ve still been writing, but I took a detour to finish my Masters of Divinity degree. That took a lot of my time from writing, but now that I’ve graduated, I’m hard at work creating new Worlds of stories for you to enjoy!
If you haven’t read the Thrones series before, you’ll want to check out books one and two: Secret of the Lost King and Sword of the Broken Son. Each one of these books has meant so much to me, and to the many of you who have read them! I often receive emails asking me about what’s next, and now it’s finally here in Skin of the Dragon Lord. This is the longest book yet, and I think the most exciting of all three!
In Secret of the Lost King, Jack and Molly must rescue Ellie from the clutches of the evil Morogh, ruler of the Kingdom of Tanniyn. In order to save Ellie and dethrone Morogh, they’re going to have to find the Lost King of Tanniyn and discover the secret he has been hiding all this time.
In Sword of the Broken Son, a few years have passed, and Molly, Jack, and Ellie soon find themselves fighting for the sake of the Kingdom when a threat from the North invades. They’ll have to turn to old friends and enemies in order to find a way to defeat the growing evil right under the castle stones.
In Skin of the Dragon Lord, Ellie embarks on a quest to discover the identity of the Dragon Lord, who may hold the key to stopping a cataclysmic event threatening the very existence of everything Jack, Molly, and Ellie have worked so hard to preserve. However, no one could have guessed the plans of an old enemy who will stop for nothing to destroy them all.
One of my favorite aspects of these books in the opportunity to explore a story from Scripture as Jack, Molly, and Ellie discover them for the first time. They see how God has been at work in history, and even up to their present day.
So if you’re ready to dive back in to the world of Tanniyn in Thrones, now is the time! Your perfect Fall Fantasy Read is here! See you soon!
