Lani didn't want to be a dying man's last hope. When she stumbles onto Ashantha bleeding out in a cave outside of town, he begs her to protect the jewel that cost him his life ? changing everything. Did she find him by accident or were unseen forces at play? Unwittingly bound to a secret society of Jesters and hunted by Derk assassins, Lani discovers the jewel is an ancient amulet ? its secret sealed behind a crumbling magical barrier that should have protected the world forever. What begins as a simple search for answers quickly becomes a deadly pursuit across Dharatan. To survive, Lani must reach the only person Ashantha said could be trusted. If the amulet falls into the wrong hands, the cost won't just be her life. It will be the end of the world as they know it. A Fool's Errand is Book 1 in the In All Jest series, an epic fantasy series by author D.E. King.
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Watching over the kin and scraping up what work she could, was Lani's lot, and she'd come to terms with it. Up until she stumbled on Ashantha dying in the town's wood storage cave, that is. There in his final breaths, he pleads with her to protect a jewel he has given his life over.
In those moments, her life changes forever as she becomes unwittingly linked to his secret society of Jesters.
The amulet Lani takes possession of is the key to an eight-hundred-year-old secret previously hidden behind a magic barrier that has begun to crack.
What begins as a journey to find answers quickly becomes a matter of life and death as she runs from Derk assassins sent to retrieve the jewel at any cost.
Far from home, halfway across Dharatan, Lani must find the only person Ashantha told her could be trusted with the amulet and free herself of its deadly burden. A Fool's Errand is Book 1 in the In All Jest series, a new epic fantasy series by fantasy author D.E. King. Book 2, Fool Me Twice is out April 1, 2022.