Choose your guardian. Choose your destiny. A new epic fantasy from the #1 bestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.
Every Anoran child dreams of the day they will enter the sacred bonding hut and match with a guardian—a spiritual guide who grants magically enhanced abilities. A lucky few will bond with Advocates, who promise greatness and glory. Others will be tempted by forbidden offers from the Accursed—dangerous spirits who bring nothing but destruction and a penalty of death to any Anoran who chooses them. But when Mako discovers that the worst of these agents of chaos has returned to spread an ancient evil through the empire, he faces an unthinkable choice: Will he bond with one of the Accursed to gain the power to stop another?
Halfway across the empire, Arden has no guardian and no prospects of adventure…until she infiltrates an underground criminal network to find her missing friend. Relying on her knack for sensing the truth through even the smoothest lies, Arden finds herself at the center of a sinister conspiracy that runs much deeper than she ever imagined.
Soon Mako’s and Arden’s fates collide, and together they must face bandit armies, dark secrets, and untold dangers to fight an enemy who could destroy all they’ve ever known.
The series
In the land of Anora, no child grows up alone. Each is bound to a guardian spirit, a bond that shapes their gifts, their future, and sometimes their fate. These guardians whisper power into mortal hands, some guiding with light, others tempting with ruin. At the heart of this world lie two paths: the trusted Advocates, who promise strength and honor, and the Accursed, forbidden beings whose power carries the price of death.
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The series begins with the story of Mako, a boy forced to decide whether survival is worth embracing a power the world condemns, and Arden, a girl without a guardian who risks everything to rescue a friend and uncovers a darkness hidden beneath Anora’s glittering surface. Their journeys intertwine in a struggle where loyalty is tested, choices shape destinies, and the line between protector and destroyer grows dangerously thin.
Blending high fantasy with moral complexity, Guardians opens a fully realized world where spiritual bonds are as perilous as they are wondrous. It is a tale of friendship, betrayal, and the courage to confront the unknown, inviting readers into an epic that lingers long after the last page is turned.
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