The Ancients Game

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The Ancients Game is a thrilling new fantasy where one young woman must compete against the nations elite for a coveted apprenticeship.
Sixteen-year-old Kellan DuCuivre is the descendant of traitors. She never knew her family or which one of them betrayed the isle of Nanseau. Like all people of her class orphaned after the war, Kellan is forbidden from carving magic into metal, a trade known as makecraft. But Kellan has a secret. In the wake of a tragic miscarve, shes been helping her adoptive father, Edgar, run his celebrated makeshop.

With Edgars condition worsening, his shop is on the brink of ruin. To save them both, Kellan strikes a dangerous deal: she must compete against the nations elite for a coveted spot as a makers apprentice.

But danger lurks at every turn. As Kellan grows closer to the illegitimate son of one of Nanseaus most revered families, something sinister begins targeting the competitors.

Amid a crumbling city and a ticking clock, winning wont just be a test of survival it will mean uncovering the shrouded legacies of Nanseau itself.

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Praise for The Ancients Game

'Brilliantly inventive. The Ancients Game is the perfect combination of a transfixing world and the beguiling intrigue within'

Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights

'The Ancient's Game is a gorgeously written adventure about one girl's determination to carve her place in the world and protect her familyand the love she finds along the way. Kellan's fractured world is fresh and unforgettable, and her gang of humans and automatons are poised to be your new favorite found family'

Kamilah Cole, indie bestselling author of So Let Them Burn

Author Bio

Loni Crittenden is a young adult fantasy writer from Buffalo, NY. She has a BA in creative writing from SUNY Oswego and an MFA in writing popular fiction from Seton Hill University. When she's not glued to her laptop, you can find her nursing various cat-inflicted wounds, planning on painting again someday maybe, and hunting for unusually flavored teas.