Guard (Paperback or Softback)

Never admit to seeing ichur, the silvery residue of magic spells. Not if you want to stay under the radar of the Councillors of Convane.

On their last boundary ride before winter, Dallas and Misty discover sick sheep. While Dallas and his tracker horse, Swift, use magic to heal the sick sheep, Misty and her tracker horse, Sweetie, help gather the rest of the flock.

At sunset, when Misty does not return, Dallas and Swift search for her and the missing flock. He finds two dead slavers and an injured shepherd. The rest are missing and their tracks are magically hidden.

Swift sniffs out a trace of magic residue, so Dallas follows, intent on rescuing Misty and the shepherd's family.

Guard continues the adventure where Rider ended, including mages, dragons, tracker horses and magic spells.

Diane J Cornwell learnt to read before she started school at the age of five. At school she learnt to write the words she already recognized. She loved going to school. When she was asked to write a story on her holiday activities, Diane wrote a story on what she wanted to do, not what she did, and earned an "A" grade for the homework. That started her on a life of writing fiction.

A bi-product of all that reading was creating her own stories about determined characters who try to make the right decisions the first time during their adventures. Stories she can read over and over again just for the pleasure of revisiting the characters.

Diane wrote her first full length novel in 2007, and hopes to have many more stories created in the coming years.