Lost Beacon Chronicles, Book 0: Spare the Swallow

By Hollis Jo McCollum

How can everything go so right, then suddenly turn painfully wrong?

Lucretia is a young woman living a charmed life. She just passed the test to become a Blue Mage- Just moved into the resplendent Blue Mansion of the mages- She is finding success wherever she goes, all with her best friend at her side.

Yet an ill-fated mandate looms overhead.

Dreams of the Supreme Goddess Ushii plague her sleep with vague horrors. Storm clouds of war brew over her people as they are forcibly thrust into frightening circumstances. Lucretia's people rally to save themselves, but none understand how to fight. Their people have not been at war in living memory.

Conflict clashes. Lucretia is thrust into the role of General. She does her best to lead as the Goddess continuees to relentlessly torment her dreams.

Through the hardships Lucretia realizes she is helplessly in love. How can she possibly be so selfish to think of her own feelings while her people need her to lead? She can't help it.

She doesn't understand any of it. The odds keep stacking against them.

Nothing is right. Nothing is fair.

Lucretia must make a desperate choice. None of it makes any difference. She was never meant for herself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DYCS3Y5V
• ISBN13: 9798218609535
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: 21 Chieftans Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"