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Kibi and the Search for Happiness
Ilika and his nine students make their way through the countryside as he teaches them. Tested by needy people, burned by steam, pounded by the ocean at high tide, and attacked by wild animals, they must find reserves of courage they didn't know they had.
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A disaster threatens to end their journey when it catches them in three separate groups. They all come to the first mountain pass transformed, hardly recognizing the people they once were.
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Chapter 1: The Shack in the Wilderness (opening scene)
A horn sounded from the tower over the Traveler's Gate, causing wagons and carts to quickly scramble off the roads. Four horsemen of the City Guard poured through the stone gateway as morning light gathered just below the eastern horizon.
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The setting of Book Two, the western half of the kingdom:
Without hesitation, they turn onto the westward road to Port Town and spurred their horses to a trot. They had only gone about a mile when the lead horseman raised his hand and all four quickly came to a halt beside a huge old oak tree.
"You there in the woods!" he yelled. "Show yourself and give good account!"
A few seconds later, a large and stocky brown-haired lad of about fourteen years came out, yawning and stretching. "Sorry, Sir, just catching some sleep before market opens."
"Why should I not think you a run-away slave?" the guard challenged.
Boro swallowed. "Um . . . would a slave have a money pouch . . . with copper and silver pieces?"
The guard frowned. "Show me your silver."
With shaking hands, Boro pulled the pouch from his cloak pocket and fished inside. He felt the great gold piece, but avoided it as he pulled out an assortment of small coins for the guard to see.
"I'm . . . supposed to buy supplies, but . . . um . . . one of my silvers is yours for . . . guarding the kingdom well." He picked out a shiny coin and offered it up to the guard.
The lead horseman nodded to one of the others, who snatched the coin. "Don't be caught lurking around in the trees again."
"Yes, Sir."
All four guards set spurs to their horses' flanks and were gone as quickly as they had come.
Previews
Book One:
The Test
Spring 2010
Book Two:
Journey
Summer 2010
Book Three:
Selection
Fall 2010
Book Four:
Flight Training
Spring 2011
Book Five:
Back to the Stars
Fall 2011
Book Six:
Star Station
Summer 2012
Book Seven:
The Local Universe
2013
Book Eight:
Witness
2014
Copyright © 2009-2012
by J. Z. Colby
unless otherwise attributed