THE SHADOW MOUSE OF EVERJADE: An engaging fantasy adventure by E.A. Machado

E. A. Machado, author of TO WEAR THE BADGE, brings you his second novel, this one an other-worldly fantasy adventure filled with magic and parables.  Fifteen-year-old Ethan is trained in the art of defense by a powerful wizard named Armas and the dwarfs of Krone Mountains.  Far to the west, King gerald, a man who believes in peace, rules Utigard City; but his city is faced with a dark thread by a powerful sorceress, the Goblin Witch.  This riveting story will keep you captivated until the very end. Take a fifteen-year-old kitchen hand, a traveling herbalist afflicted by an unusual condition of teasing pixies, a casual wizard who regards beards as useless facial hair, a drifting fiddle-playing elf with a special pouch that can hold an abundance of goods, and an adventure begins in the world of Everjade.  Meet Ethan, the kitchen hand whose life begins to change upon meeting Winston, the traveling herbalist.  Winston happens to be the cousin of Armas, a powerful wizard who feels that Etha