The Shifting Sands of Time

Kids’ Stories Book

De: Ayokunle Mathew Akinbi

Narrado por: Micah Kenney

Rhodes is not an adventurer. He's a kid who likes video games and exploring his grandpa's attic, a place that smells of old wood and forgotten secrets. But when a glint of silver leads him to a dusty, rolled-up map and a strange, golden hourglass, his ordinary life is turned upside down. This is no ordinary hourglass. His Grandpa Silas reveals it is the Chronos Hourglass, a magical artifact that doesn't just measure time, it holds it. And the shimmering map? It's a guide to the Golden Desert of Aeon, a place where time itself has gone sideways.

With a single, accidental turn, a stream of rainbow-coloured sand begins to flow, and Rhodes is pulled from his bedroom into a world beyond his wildest dreams. He lands in a land of two suns, where pyramids are made of pure light, spectral cities are trapped in an endless loop, and a great river flows backward. But this magical world is in grave danger. Rhodes soon learns he is not just a visitor; he's a key. He's pursued by a terrifying, colossal Desert Scorpion, and hunted by a sinister Time-Thief, a shadowy figure desperate to steal the hourglass and twist time to his own dark will.

From the echoing whispers of a golden Sphinx to a mind-bending mirrored maze, Rhodes must follow the map, solve the riddle of the ancient Sand-Keeper, and race against the sunset. Armed with only his courage and the strange power of the hourglass, he must find the legendary Chronos Stone and restore the flow of time before he and the Golden Desert are lost forever.

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