Hunt and Power

The Magic Crystals #3

by Stephen Hayes

With great power may come great responsibility, but in the case of our heroic Chopville teens, it also comes with a great big target. As they are to discover, having the Magic Crystals does not ensure their safety—in fact, quite the opposite.

A dark force is gathering around Chopville, far more dangerous than Moran could have ever been. A dangerous enemy will show his murderous hand early on; a trusted ally will defect to the dark side; and John and some of his friends will be taken captive and subjected to unspeakable horrors.

Our heroes must pull together and stay strong to cope with such adversity, but as romance begins to bloom among the hormonal adolescents, rivalries may become tangled up in the far more serious matter of survival.

And through all of it, a great mystery looms darkly over John, which he must solve in order to have any hope of staying alive. Now that he knows he is on the enemy’s hit list, he must embark on a journey of discovery to find out what happened in his childhood—to understand why the evil Hammerson Sorcerers want him dead more than almost anyone else in the world.

372 pages, ebook

First published June 28, 2014

About the author

Stephen Hayes lives and writes in Melbourne, Australia. Having been born partially blind in 1986 and lost his limited vision in 2000, he started writing short stories at the age of eight. He completed his first novella in Braille at fourteen and by sixteen, had completed the first draft of 'The Seventh Sorcerer'.

Since 2002, Stephen has allowed his imagination to run wild with The Magic Crystals saga; sometimes pushing boundaries that today’s somewhat moral society deem to sweep under the carpet. Although classified as fantasy genre due mainly to the prominent magic component, Stephen’s writing also includes a good balance of drama, mystery, romance, humour, and he isn’t afraid to address controversial moral issues.