{"id":3107,"date":"2017-06-15T07:08:54","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T07:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/?page_id=3107"},"modified":"2018-12-03T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:00:08","slug":"findo-gasks-apprentice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/about-the-brightmoon-books\/findo-gasks-apprentice\/","title":{"rendered":"Findo Gask&#8217;s Apprentice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Findo Gask&#8217;s Apprentice<\/strong> <\/em>is the eighth book set in the Brightmoon world. It&#8217;s a new, stand-alone story, following a former slave coming to terms with his new freedom. And because this is a Brightmoon book, he has a very unusual talent, and so does his apprentice&#8230; Plenty of action, magic, dramatic escapes and confrontations &#8211; and one very stroppy dragon! <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.books2read.com\/findogask\">to buy<\/a> now!<\/p>\n<p>Admire the <a href=\"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/b08cover.jpg\">cover<\/a> in hi-res.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the prologue and first two chapters <a href=\"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/06\/findo-gasks-apprentice-prologue-and-chapters-1-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the detail:<\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3103\" src=\"http:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/b08cover360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/b08cover360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/b08cover360-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/>After thirty years as a slave, Findo Gask is struggling to adjust to his new freedom. Unfortunately, following orders is an old habit, which is how he ends up with an apprentice he doesn\u2019t want &#8230; and how he ends up working under the demanding Crown Princess of Caxangur, just like a slave again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hopper is an unusual apprentice, and Findo is keeping secrets too&#8211;his exceptional skill as a woodworker isn&#8217;t just elbow grease and experience. When a cryptic world-shattering prophecy seems to point right at them, their magic becomes the target of warring political factions. And just when Findo thinks life can&#8217;t get any more complicated, he accidentally hatches a dragon, which hasn&#8217;t happened in millennia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As the chains and bars start closing in on him all over again, Findo needs to free himself once and for all. If he can&#8217;t stop thinking like a slave and learn to carve his own path, he and Hopper will never make it out of Caxangur alive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And even if they manage that, there\u2019s still a dragon to be dealt with&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Findo Gask&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em><\/strong> is written by Pauline M Ross, with a cover design by Deranged Doctor Designs and proofreading by Coinlea Services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Findo Gask&#8217;s Apprentice is the eighth book set in the Brightmoon world. It&#8217;s a new, stand-alone story, following a former slave coming to terms with his new freedom. And because this is a Brightmoon book, he has a very unusual talent, and so does his apprentice&#8230; Plenty of action, magic, dramatic escapes and confrontations &#8211; and one very stroppy dragon! Available to buy now! Admire the cover in hi-res. You can read the prologue and first two chapters here. Here\u2019s the detail: After thirty years as a slave, Findo Gask is struggling to adjust to his new freedom. Unfortunately, following orders is an old habit, which is how he ends up with an apprentice he doesn\u2019t want &#8230; and how he ends up working under the demanding Crown Princess of Caxangur, just like a slave again. Hopper is an unusual apprentice, and Findo is keeping secrets too&#8211;his exceptional skill as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":1419,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3107"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3419,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3107\/revisions\/3419"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulinemross.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}