The Starlight Symphony: Movement One: The Kindling (Volume One)

Genre: Epic Fantasy

ISBN: 9780473775025

Dimensions: 234 × 156 mm

Format: Paperback | 342 pages

Language: English

Printed by: CopyPress

Publication Date: February 2026

Publisher: Daniel Cromar

Synopsis:

Many people in this world achieve their Kindling by the time they are sixteen. It is an astonishing phenomenon where a human conjures magic for the very first time in their lives.

But there are those who struggle, people who are late to their Kindling. People like Marcus, who has only just turned nineteen.

In a vast world of magic, grand cities, airships, ancient ruins, and stunning creatures in places beyond imagination, the determined can become illustrious sorcerers. Marcus and his sister Theresa, feel quite left behind.

Living in a rustic cabin, tucked neatly within the dense forests of the frigid realm of Fjallheim, Marcus wishes greatly to become a student at the Amberforth Arcane Academy in the neighbouring realm of North Hjarta.

His timid, over-protective sister, Theresa, thinks otherwise.

But when Ronin, a mercenary turned outlaw, quite literally bumps into them while on the run, the three must reluctantly work together to save the realm of North Hjarta from annihilation.

But Ronin begins to suspect that there’s more to Marcus than what is seen on the surface. Can a secret really be kept forever?

In the first installment of the Starlight Symphony Saga, Marcus takes the first steps to become a legendary Valkyrie Field Agent just like his father.

But can he toss aside his fears, conquer himself and rise to the occasion to finally be a hero?

Or will the entire land, and those he loves, suffer the consequences of his juvenile actions?

The Starlight Symphony: Movement One: The Kindling (Volume Two)

Genre: Epic Fantasy

ISBN: 9780473775056

Dimensions: 156 × 234 mm

Format: Paperback | 262 pages

Language: English

Printed by: CopyPress

Publication Date: February 2026

Publisher: Daniel Cromar

Synopsis:

Opposing forces have clashed, alliances have been tested and the genesis of many a destiny is thrown into the arena of the world of Astralheim. Disaster has struck for Marcus and Theresa, even as they struggle to become new students at the luminary Amberforth Arcane Academy. Together with their unlikely companion Ronin, they too are now all criminal fugitives on the run. Fleeing from one catastrophe and racing to prevent another from tearing apart the land, the scattered three may just be the only ones that can rise to the challenge.

One thing is certain, the age of peace is soon coming to an end, as these three heroes inextricably enter a chain of events that will change the very fate of Astralheim forever.

The thrilling first instalment of the epic Starlight Symphony Saga comes to a thunderous climax as Marcus takes the first step to becoming one of the greatest sorcerers the world has ever known. Or ever will know.