The Thief of Callandaria

The Chronicles of Callandaria #1

by Sunshine Taylor Reddick

Seven is a cute little thief. Touted by all the realms as The Thief of Callandaria she has spent most of her life traveling with The Baltiry and learning the great art of stealing. And what she does is a very delicate art. Taking what she needs, and wants, and then disappearing long before people even realize she was ever near. Staying nowhere too long. Simply enjoying all that her world has to offer until she is finally caught by the Landkire Javronder of the 6th Realm. To hear her tell it she hadn’t stolen that much from his realm at all.

Lankire Javronder will release her if she will do just one thing for him: steal his son back from a ruthless neighboring lankier before his son is killed. If she succeeds she will be rewarded with more riches than she has ever dreamed of having. Refuse or worse yet fail and face the same fate as Javronder’s son: death.

Even as Seven sets off on her quest, with a few of Javronder’s best men along to ensure she doesn’t stray from her task, she knows something isn’t quite right. She can see it in the eyes of Javronder’s eldest son, Evam. Eyes that look at her none too kindly at first. That is to be expected as she is a thief after all. But his mistrust quickly turns to something else. Something Seven desires, too.

Can Seven complete her mission, gain her reward, and satisfy her desires without getting caught in the lankire’s unknown plans?

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 9, 2012

About the author

Sunshine Taylor Reddick is a wannabe sci-fi geek who exists just on the fringe of geekdom. I reside in Maryland in the city of Baltimore. I love telling non-fiction stories on the internet and in real life. The real life characters in my life are quite entertaining. So much so that they read my books to make sure they aren't in them.

I love telling fictional stories in literary form and I do my best to keep people I know out of them. Just don't make me angry. No telling what story I'll put you in or as what.

When I'm not buried in edits, writing a new story, or thinking up new ideas, I can be found tooling around the internet dispensing encouragement and espousing to having a crush on the leader of certain group of mechanical aliens made famous from a 80’s cartoon.

You've got your quirks and my crush is just one of mine.

Reviews

[Isis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Thief of Callandaria was a very good book. I don't read science fiction often, but this book keep my attention, I did not want to put it down. I do wish it had been longer though.