The Keeper's Six

by Kate Elliott

It’s been a year since Esther set foot in the Beyond, the alien landscape stretching between worlds, crossing boundaries of space and time. She and her magical traveling party - her Hex - haven’t spoken since the Concilium banned them from the Beyond for a decade. But when she wakes in the middle of the night to her grown son’s cry for help, the members of her Hex are the only ones she can trust to help her bring him back from wherever he has been taken.

Esther will have to risk everything to find him. Undercover and hidden from the Concilium, she and her Hex will be tested by false dragon lords, a darkness so dense it can suffocate, and the bones of an old crime come back to haunt her.

There are terrors that dwell in the space between worlds.

• ISBN10: 1250769078
• ISBN13: 9781250769077
• Publish Date: 20 February 2023
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 208
• Language: English
• URL: http://melia.co.uk/page/detail/?k=9781250769077

Reviews

[Quirky Cat]

Book Summary:

Esther hasn't set foot in the Beyond in years – literally. She and her team have been banned from doing so. Yet that ban won't be enough to stop Esther once this latest bit of news hits her: her son has been kidnapped and dragged into the Beyond. No ransom note, just the cryptic clues he could leave behind before getting snatched.

To save her son, Esther will have to reassemble her team, race against time, and find creative solutions to problems the size of dragons.

My Review:

Okay, it's official. I will love anything Kate Elliot writes. The Keeper's Six is a standalone (for now) novella that depicts a complex world (well, worlds), dynamic family relationships, and dangerous backstories. It's SO MUCH, and it's perfect.

You would think that cramming that much into a novella would make it feel rushed, but it's anything but. I ate up every detail available and honestly wouldn't have minded a whole lot more. The magical system, characters, worlds, and even governments were all fascinating.

Then there's the plot – a bad-ass mom doing everything possible to save her (adult) son from imprisonment or worse. Gotta respect that! The subplots that stem from this core make it all the more fascinating; what I wouldn't give to see more of this world and those within.

Highlights:
Dragons!
Magical Family
Complex Magical System
Traveling Worlds/Dimensions
Bad-ass Mom

Trigger Warnings:
Kidnapping
Slavery

Thanks to Tor.com and #NetGalley for making this book available for review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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