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The Guiding Lantern

by Mary W. JensenAuthor · status: Open

Releases Oct. 20, 2026 · 23 days left

🗓 Review by Oct. 25, 2026 · 28 days left

eBook · 60 pages · All Ages · Standalone, book 11 of the Tales of Tessagonia series · No spice

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Two children. One promise. A forest that tests them both.

After losing their home, Soren and Elia set out through the woods in search of a place spoken of only in whispers—a refuge for children with nowhere else to go.

Guided by their mother’s lantern, they follow winding paths deeper into the forest, where hunger, fear, and strange wonders wait beneath the trees. But not every light can be trusted, and not every shelter is safe.

A mythic fairy tale of survival, sibling bonds, and the lights that guide us through the dark, The Guiding Lantern is a standalone tale in the world of Tales of Tessagonia.

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Fantasy

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⚠ Content warnings: Grief / Loss, Hunger / Starvation, Parental Death, Wilderness Peril