Published: Jan. 14, 2013
Words: 70,951 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781301291045

Short description

A year has passed since Kalli escaped from the Ferrasium, but the High Priest’s stranglehold is tightening and his tentacles are extending. As Pharaoh’s royal barges sail toward Wasset the High Priest is poised like an arachnid in his nest, waiting to hatch his plans. Kalli must unlock the secrets of the Golden Scarab before all of Keymett falls under his dominion, but who can she trust?

Extended description

The Bera-Bera tribe says – Destiny Decides, but Kalli likes making up her own mind.
A year has passed since Kalli escaped from the Ferrasium, but the High Priest’s stranglehold is tightening and his tentacles are extending to encompass all of Keymett. As Pharaoh’s royal barges sail toward Wasset to celebrate the Jubilee Festival, the High Priest is poised like an arachnid in his nest, waiting to hatch his plans. Kalli must unlock the secrets of the Golden Scarab before all of Keymett falls under the High Priest’s dominion, but who can she trust?

First reader reviews:
“Just as unputdownable as Bk 1! My new favourite fantasy, can’t wait for Bk 3!” AM (Read more) The Bera-Bera tribe says – Destiny Decides, but Kalli likes making up her own mind.
A year has passed since Kalli escaped from the Ferrasium, but the High Priest’s stranglehold is tightening and his tentacles are extending to encompass all of Keymett. As Pharaoh’s royal barges sail toward Wasset to celebrate the Jubilee Festival, the High Priest is poised like an arachnid in his nest, waiting to hatch his plans. Kalli must unlock the secrets of the Golden Scarab before all of Keymett falls under the High Priest’s dominion, but who can she trust?

First reader reviews:
“Just as unputdownable as Bk 1! My new favourite fantasy, can’t wait for Bk 3!” AM
“Very bloodthirsty and a real page turner.” DS

Excerpt:
Lightening crackled and for a split second illuminated the tableau around her. Men’s faces were etched with panic. Rain lashed the deck like whip strokes. Waves swamped over the rails, sucking at their legs. A sailor leaning over the side was pointing wildly out to the sea and screaming and Kalli thought she saw the flick of a scaly body slip beneath the waves.
Something thudded into the side of the boat. A wave of ill intent rammed her senses. It wanted her. Several more thuds rocked the hull. How many were out there? She could see the whites of the sailors’ eyes surrounding her and smell their sweaty fear over their rum laden breaths. They heaved her up to the railing. She tried to hang on, but they battered her hands and feet and she felt her body slipping over.
“Stop!”
A light blazed. All froze. The Captain held a fizzing torch in one hand and a sword in the other. He stabbed both in the direction of his crew and they fell away. The cabin boy limped up to Kalli and grabbed her arms. She grasped the rail and hauled herself back on the deck.
The Captain’s stare brooked no arguments. “Leave the lass and get back to work you scurvy mongrels. Boat won’t sail itself.”
No one moved and the boat rocked under another bombardment of thuds beneath the hull.
Nadiv stepped forward with his fists clenched. “But the merfolk are calling for the witch. If we don’t give them what they want, they will drown us all.”
The Captain spat at Nadiv’s feet. “Sea vermin don’t scare me. Now unless you want to taste this blade or the ocean’s salt, get back to work.”
Behind Nadiv the sailors peeled off one by one until he was the only one left. Nadiv scowled at Kalli before stomping off too.
Kalli dipped her head at the Captain. “Thanks.”
There was no warmth in his gaze. “Get below, bolt your door, and stay there. I’m in half a mind to toss you over myself. You’ve cost me dearly already as I can no longer return and trade with Trillica.”
The cabin boy rushed to Kalli and flung his arms around her. “Grandfather, no! You’d have to throw me over, too.”
The Captain sighed and said to Kalli. “You’re lucky my grandson has a soft spot for you. I don’t fancy putting up with days of his snivelling and keening if you’re killed. The wine that paid your passage better be a good vintage.”
He turned on his heel and stalked away. The cabin boy tugged on her hand. “Lady, we need to get below.”
Kalli shuffled after him, but a sailor’s voice broke through the wind and his words brought her to a standstill. “Captain! Look what’s coming.”
Another sailor, fell to his knees, squeezed his eyes shut, crossed himself several times and babbled the same phrase over and over. “Gods preserve us.”
Kalli rushed to the side and elbowed her way between two sailors. The sky was brightening, but the sea looked wrong. She blinked, but the difference remained. The rain ceased … the wind stilled … the waves calmed. The thudding against the hull stopped.
White water curled back from its wake as a rainbow, phosphorescent, pulsing, and massive, wreathed beneath the water like a sea serpent, heading towards them.
She could hardly breathe. “What is it?”
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Review by: Janet Meade on June 17, 2013 :
Gripping plot with more twists than a politician. Can't wait for the next one!
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Jason Scowen on May 15, 2013 :
Love this series. Read Golden Scarab immediately after Ferrasium. The momentum continues and the story sweeps you away into a land of Pharoahs,plots and bloody swords. The romantic tension also builds. Eagerly awaiting the third book of the Windflowers Trilogy. A must-read for fantasy fans.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Kuica Kuica on March 17, 2013 :
This is the second in a trilogy. the first one had me on the edge of my seat, this one did the same. Both bloody and human the world in which Kallie makes her way is both fantastical but believable. More please!.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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