The Lantern's Ember

By: Colleen Houck

Narrated by: Piper Goodeve

Welcome to a world where nightmarish creatures reign supreme.

Five hundred years ago, Jack made a deal with the devil. It's difficult for him to remember much about his mortal days. So he focuses on fulfilling his sentence as a Lantern - one of the watchmen who guard the portals to the Otherworld, a realm crawling with every nightmarish creature imaginable. Jack has spent centuries jumping from town to town, ensuring that nary a mortal - or not-so-mortal - soul slips past him. That is, until he meets beautiful Ember O'Dare.

Seventeen, stubborn, and a natural-born witch, Ember feels a strong pull to the Otherworld. Undeterred by Jack's warnings, she crosses into the forbidden plane with the help of a mysterious and debonair vampire - and the chase through a dazzling, dangerous world is on. Jack must do everything in his power to get Ember back where she belongs before both the earthly and unearthly worlds descend into chaos.

Colleen Houck, the New York Times best-selling author of the Tigers Curse series and Reawakened series, breathes new life into classic folklore in this wild, twisting adventure propelled by the spirit of Halloween.

©2018 Colleen Houck (P)2020 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

I was told it was a very good story

The story was ok. A bit confusing honestly. And a bit plain. I enjoyed the reader even.

loved it!

I loved it! I found the story to be quirky and original. I love all the relations to Halloween traditions. I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator. All in all, would definitely recommend.

so cute

such a cute standalone book!! mixing of all our favorite tails from the boogeyman, witches vampires and so much more. I had such a good time listening to this.