Amelia Wood

The Kingdom Amelia Wood

The Kingdom Blurb When university students Adelaide and Byron walk into the public library and find The Book, their lives are forever changed. 'The Book wasn't something you read. It read to you.' * Marva pulled back the hood to look at her babe. He looked like his father. The observation pained her. She ran into the early morning with the child tucked in her arms. She hoped the Castle would take him. If they didn't, then she didn't know what she would do! * Marlock is given to the Kingdom as a young baby. Sir Kye, the King's right hand man loves Marlock as his own son, raising him to be the greatest Knight in all of England. Marlock fast becomes a Knight and serves his Kingdom with valor. Not long after he is Knighted, The Kingdom goes to war against the blood thirsty Xenians. Though victorious, the Kingdom is utterly decimated. The War rages seven years and Sir Kyle perishes. Marlock is unaware that his father Sir Kye and his King have made a pact to make him King in the eventuality that Princess Lira cannot rule. Princess Lira, unaware that Sir Marlock has loved her for years is surprised when he returns from The Seven Year War alive. Along with Sir Marlock's faithful squire Marko the three set off to the fattest Kingdom to get the Scroll for Marlock to reign. Though a simple concept, in reality talking back the Kingdom is so much more difficult. King Erick, the usurper of the real King hounds their every step. To claim his right to rule Marlock must battle the evil Necromancer who desires his Kingdom. He must battle dragons, and giants and resist a cannibalistic Sorceress who tries to seduce him. When the three are split up, disaster strikes. In different parts of the globe the three must find a way back to each other and find a way to reclaim their Kingdom. Will Sir Marlock be reunited with his loved ones? Will he bring his people out of captivity? Will he re-establish the throne? All this and more in the Kingdom. "The Kingdom stood gloriously tall in the distance. Not as she had been, but as she was."