Mrs. TNTBS hosts author V.L. Stuart

If you are a fan of Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, you will enjoy Orb & Arrow. Where Magic is Real... and Dangerous Orb & Arrow: Exploration takes readers on an adventure through Darae where magic is real and dangerous. Twenty-two-year-old Brillar was expected to follow in her mother’s footsteps and become a healer, but headstrong and impetuous, she has other plans. Now a highly skilled archer, she’s forced to kill to free a Mage being held captive in enchanted chains. It was a defensive act, but that is no excuse for a healer. Releasing a Master War Mage from bondage, however, could get Brillar killed . . . or apprenticed. When Master Elden insists on the latter, Brillar embarks on a journey not of her making. When it ends badly, she insists on taking a different path where her healing and newly acquired magic skills lead to newer and greater challenges. ABOUT THE AUTHOR - As a journalist, poet and essayist, V.L. has been a writer all her life. She’s also a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy, cutting her teeth on Robert Heinlein as a kid and then discovering the delightful worlds of Anne McCaffrey as an adult. She also got involved in a 16-year-long MMOPRG (massive multiplayer online role-playing game) and Brillar was one of the characters she created for that. When the game ended, she missed it, not just the role-playing but the live interaction with people worldwide. As a result, she sat down at her computer and 24 days and 91,000 words later, the Orb & Arrow series was born. In addition to the Orb & Arrow series, Stuart pens a gardening column for amcostarica.com and Pen It! will shortly release on a nonfiction book based on that column. Originally from New Jersey, Stuart now lives in Costa Rick in the shadow of two volcanoes with her scientist husband and a wacky little dog.