The Jewels of the Kings

(Book III of The Hero Within series) It has been three years since Alex’s first adventure and, although enjoying a successful high school career, he has been pretty bored. That is until Queen Melanie calls upon him once again for his assistance.

After the events of Tales from Krisslyn, Melanie’s twin cousins and head scouts Phalin and Reyce were lost on their mission to seal the Vortex. Instead, the two were captured by its powerful forces and taken into another dimension. The world Alex discovers as part of his rescue mission is right out of a Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Alex finds Phalin but learns that Reyce has been enslaved by the infamous pirate Scarlet Johnny whose sole purpose is to find the Jewels of the Kings, a treasure whose origins are shrouded in mystery and danger. What follows is an epic adventure that takes Alex on the high seas (and under it) giving him the activity he craves but also a new perspective on his own future.