GK and Virginia Ann Werner write genre stories with a Biblical worldview. They live in Slower-Lower Delaware with their cats and dogs (who have many tales, but never tell). GK also teaches English, history and martial arts; Virginia composes melodies for Bible memory verses and for her own lyrics, and writes poetry. She is a home-maker who enjoys cooking, pets and children. (No, not like in fairy tales--punctuation matters!)
“Quest’s End,” by C. K. Werner is a fantasy with some of the same characters we met in “Finders Keepers,” which is the previous book in this series. While Finders Keepers was a short story, Quest’s End is a full-length novel consisting of 252 pages of action, shape-shifters, a dwarf, an elf, a tournament, a quest, sorcerers, and more. Jorgan, our hero, has decided to give up treasure hunting to compete in the Tournament of Champions, desiring to win a place as a Knight of the Realm. Jorgan enjoys the challenges at the tournament and is quite successful in most of the various competitions. When he is deemed a winner, he gets the chance to ask the king to make him a Knight of the Realm. King Cedric is uncertain about doing this so Jorgan asks him for a quest so that he can prove himself worthy. Princess Doonabrielle became King Cedric’s only heir after her brother died. She is being forced to marry one of two men to prevent war in her father’s lands. She doesn’t like either man and often wishes she was not a princess. She has been taught all manner of things, reading, arithmetic, sword fighting, riding, to name a few. She makes plans to run away so she won’t have to marry someone she doesn’t love. If only someone could help her, if only there was a way she could escape… I don’t want to give away too much here, but you can probably guess how and whom she will use for her get-a-way. Unfortunately, she doesn’t realize when she hides out on a ship that she will soon find herself in the middle of a very dangerous quest. She will meet all types of terrifying creatures; she will find herself fighting for her life; she will make new friends. She will also discover a man worthy of her love! If only they can both live long enough to complete the quest! Quest’s End is an easy-to-read book, it is clean (does have a few kisses), it does contain a bit of violence but nothing too graphic, think goblins, sorcerers, and a dragon. Werner uses humor to lighten up some of the scenes. This is a fairly new author to me and I find that I like his style of writing. I think this book would be appropriate for about fourteen years old and up. Enjoy!