The Keeper's Six
📘 About This Book
You never stop worrying about your kids, even when they're adults. Kate Elliott's action-packed The Keeper's Six features a world-hopping, bad-ass, spell-slinging mother who sets out to rescue her kidnapped adult son from a dragon lord with everything to lose. It’s been a year since Esther set foot in the Beyond, the alien landscape stretching between worlds, crossing boundaries of space and time. She and her magical traveling party—her Hex—haven’t spoken since the Concilium banned them from the Beyond for a decade. But when she wakes in the middle of the night to her grown son’s cry for help, the members of her Hex are the only ones she can trust to help her bring him back from wherever he has been taken. Esther will have to risk everything to find him. Undercover and hidden from the Concilium, she and her Hex will be tested by false dragon lords, a darkness so dense it can suffocate, and the bones of an old crime come back to haunt her. There are terrors that dwell in the space between worlds. Also Available by Kate Elliott: The Crossroads Series 1. Spirit Gate 2. Shadow Gate 3. Traitors' Gate Unconquerable Sun Servant Mage Furious Heaven At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
📖 Summary
The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliott is a thrilling and fast-paced 147-page excursion into imaginative world-building and high-stakes fantasy adventure. Published in 2023, the fiction novella centers on Esther, a formidable and battle-hardened mother whose greatest weakness is the deep, enduring love she holds for her children. Even after they reach adulthood, a parent never truly stops worrying, and Esther's maternal instincts are pushed to their absolute limits when she is jolted awake in the middle of the night by her grown son's desperate cry for help. Her son has been kidnapped by a fearsome dragon lord, and Esther knows that rescuing him will require stepping back into a life she was forced to leave behind. A year prior to these terrifying events, Esther and her magical traveling party, known as her Hex, were banned for a decade from the Beyond by the Concilium. The Beyond is a strange, alien, and dangerous landscape that stretches indefinitely between various worlds, crossing boundaries of both space and time. Because of the ban and subsequent fallout, Esther and her Hex have not spoken to one another in a long time. Yet, facing an impossible mission against a dragon lord, Esther realizes that her former companions are the only people she can truly trust to help her navigate the hostile alien terrain and bring her son home safely. To accomplish this rescue, Esther must risk everything she has left, operating undercover and hidden from the watchful eyes of the Concilium as she ventures back into the prohibited spaces between realities. The narrative brilliantly weaves together themes of fierce maternal protection, fractured loyalties, and the heavy consequences of past missteps. Elliott manages to pack an astonishing amount of action, world-building, and character development into a remarkably concise page count. Esther's journey is not merely a physical traversal of alien dimensions and hazardous realms, but also an emotional reckoning with the members of her estranged Hex as they reunite under dire circumstances. As they traverse the Beyond, they must overcome both external threats posed by the dragon lord's domain and internal tensions regarding their past punishment. The Keeper's Six delivers an action-packed, spell-slinging narrative that appeals to readers who appreciate resilient protagonists, intricate magical politics, and the relentless drive of a mother willing to defy cosmic authorities and risk utter ruin to save her child.
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⚖️ Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
Action-packed and fast-paced narrative style
Compelling and bad-ass maternal protagonist
Creative world-building involving multiple realms
Engaging dynamic among the estranged Hex members
⚠️ Cons
Short page count may leave readers wanting more depth
Concilium's backstory and the initial ban could benefit from more elaboration
✍️ About the Author
❓ FAQ
Who is the author of The Keeper's Six? +
The book was written by Kate Elliott.
When was The Keeper's Six published? +
It was published in 2023.
How many pages is the book? +
The book is 147 pages long.
What is the Beyond in the story? +
The Beyond is an alien landscape stretching between worlds, crossing boundaries of space and time.
Why does Esther need to contact her Hex? +
She needs her former magical traveling party to help her rescue her kidnapped son from a dragon lord.
