Spire Keep

by Jessica Draper

A place for everyone .. and everyone in that place. In a world all but destroyed in the ancients’ quest for riches and power, ferocious creatures battled for scarce resources outside and inside the Keeps. From the Baron and Baroness at the pinnacle through the sixteen cadres to the Lugs and Cleaners at the root, every Dweller of Spire Keep had a job to do—a job they were made for. Only two members of the household stood apart from that secure, time-honored Chervil, son of the Baron and Baroness, born not for Spire but to be given to another of the Keeps in the Circles, acting as its Preserver and never returning to his birthplace. Aerean, a creature like none created in millennia, a wanderer through the Keep and between cadres; the special pet and project of Spire’s Baron. Two sons, rivals and allies, born into a wounded world on the cusp of death—or rebirth. So begins the tale of Baronet Chervil and Aerean of Spire Keep …

556 pages, Paperback

First published January 29, 2015