The Last Storyteller: Book Four in The Pearls of Wisdom Series: Stories Inspired by a Biblical Proverb: 4

–2025 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal Winner Children's Christian
–2024 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal Winner Children's Audiobook

Action, drama, and suspense, The Last Storyteller by Catherine Ann Russell will give you all this and more. Brave animals defending their land and a group of young warriors discovering themselves amid a war kept me glued to the story. I loved reading every intriguing chapter; from the opening scene to the final battle, I was captivated and in awe. —Readers' Favorite

Percent proceeds from each book sale go to help support infants and children in need, through Catherine’s Basketful Relief Project.

When ambition and love collide, only one can prevail.

When a forbidden midnight journey leads Journee and her loyal companions deep into the enchanted Zoe-Chai orchard, they uncover a secret that could change the Chokmahdon Kingdom forever.

Meanwhile, a powerful enemy is rising. An alien bat army seeks the ancient Zoe-Chai tree and the life-giving magic it holds. The peaceful kingdom must prepare for war, calling every creature—great and small—to stand and defend what they love.

While the kingdom braces for battle, Journee and her friends head north on a race against time to retrieve a legendary elven staff, forged long ago to protect the Zoe-Chai tree forever. Their journey leads them into lands of old magic, hidden truth, and an encounter Journee never expected—a zealous queen who looks strikingly like herself.

As danger closes in, Journee must face the question she can no longer avoid: Who is she, really?

For as fire purifies gold and silver—the tested heart reveals all.

In a battle of hearts, wills, and minds, Journee must choose her own destiny before everything she holds dear is lost. Will love triumph over ambition?

If you enjoy christian fantasy adventure such as The Chronicles of Narnia or The Redwall Series, then you will love this multiple-award-winning book, The Last Storyteller, book four in this five-book series called, The Pearls of Wisdom Series: Stories Inspired by a Biblical Proverb.

Will Princess Journee and her unlikely band of adventurers find the legendary elven staff in time to save the kingdom against all odds? Buy now and find out today!

Inspired by the Biblical Proverb, “Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the Lord tests the heart.” (17:3 NLT)

Explore all of the Award-Winning Books in The Pearls of Wisdom Series:

Book One: The Pond of Reflection
Book Two: The Hyrax Song
Book Three: The Zoe-Chai
Book Four: The Last Storyteller
Book Five: The Chosen Path

Catherine Ann Russell is a multiple-award-winning children's book author and the founder of the Basketful Relief Project (BRP). She has published four children's picture books and a five-book children's Christian fantasy adventure series—The Pearls of Wisdom Series: Stories Inspired by a Biblical Proverb. Catherine founded the Basketful Relief Project in 2019 to help address infant and child famine crises. Percent proceeds from the sale of each book directly support reputable organizations established to distribute food and medicine to children experiencing war, food scarcity, or catastrophe displacement. Catherine lives in Lyons, Colorado, with her husband, Ed, and several farm animals, including two burros named Nikki and Norman.
 
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Candice Broersma has been illustrating professionally for ten years. She creates imaginative artwork for book covers as well as posters, cd covers, and games. Broersma is passionate about working with publishers and independent writers to bring their novels to life. Her primary genre is young adult and middle grade novels, especially science fiction and fantasy. Her work has multiple features in Infected by Art, a yearly compendium of the illustration industry's top works produced in the imaginative realism genre. Broersma is an advocate for protecting the content of artists, writers, actors, and other creative professionals against misuse by companies specializing in generative AI.