The Minstrel and the Prophet

Stellar traditional fantasy bursting with magic, adventure, and prophecy. – BookLife Editor’s Pick

The Federated Kingdoms are under siege: animals are born deformed, crops fail overnight, and raiders strike from within the neighboring Kelmar Empire.

In his backwater village, Lauren dreams of becoming a minstrel, the itinerant musician scholars of the Federated Kingdoms but his father demands that he train to be a warrior. When his father attacks him in a drunken rage, Lauren flees his village to the minstrel's college at Songhaven to begin training as a minstrel.

During his training, Ambrose - master of the college and a prophet - teaches him about an ancient prophecy concerning the Lawbreaker, a man whose battles with the goddess Mar will destroy the world. As Lauren and Ambrose race to forestall a plot to kill the High King, they struggle to learn the identity of the Lawbreaker. Then Lauren discovers that he is being hunted. Could it be the Lawbreaker? What use could that dark power have for a minstrel?

Readers love The Minstrel and the Prophet:

“I read this in two days and only put it down when my tablet needed charging! Please hurry Mr. Daily and give us the next book. It is a thriller, mystery, fantasy and more the characters are rich and blossom before your eyes! A great read and a gotta get !” Goodreads reviewer

Larry Daily was born in Covington, Kentucky and currently resides in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and teaches psychology classes at Shepherd University. The Minstrel and the Prophet is his first work of fiction and is the result of a decades long love of fantasy inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, Patricia McKillip, and Mary Stewart. In his spare time Larry builds HO scale model trains, plays folk music on six- and twelve-string guitars, and devours fantasy novels.