Keepers of the Sword Channel (Sword Channel Saga Book 1)

Jalinda’s people have been isolated from the rest of the world for 600 years, in a harsh land facing many enemies. They have only survived by using a Sword Channel, a device fabricated long ago that turns ordinary swords into powerful weapons. Jalinda and her lover Kyr face their Sword Ceremonies on their eighteenth birthdays, where their swords are given the potential to become Receptors when used in combat.

The teachings of Jalinda’s people imbue her with the conviction that their purpose is to improve the world, but how can anyone improve the world when they are isolated from the rest of the world?

They are assigned to Abran’s warparty. Their first encounter with a powerful creature turns their Swords into Receptors and also gives Jalinda an Extraordinary Power.

An unexpected calamity forces Abran’s warparty out into the world, where they must travel far and overcome challenge after challenge in pursuit of their mission. They learn about how the world has changed since their isolation 600 years ago. Jalinda must learn to use her Extraordinary Power to help the warparty succeed, facing the forces that do not want them to succeed. Her warparty is counting on her.