Through
out history magical relics were scattered across the globe, each
pertaining to some event of their time. Forgotten, these relics faded
from most peoples memories, until four recently orphaned teens are
brought to the knowledge of them by their young and attractive foster
mother, Jennet Preston. With these relics and a special spell book
called the Libro Potentia almost anything is possible.
With
the hope of bringing their parents back and putting their lives in
order Mitch, his sister Mindi, Samantha, and her brother Ryan set out
alone to retrieve these magical items. Their travels will lead them
into a dark world of myth. Their journeys will take them to the
dismal heights of the Empire State Building facing off with the
spirits trapped inside. Then into the lair of a revengeful vampire
mafia that runs the criminal underworld of New York. They'll fly
across the globe to the zombie invested WW II battle fields of
Germany. Out wit a seductive witch on the Las Vegas strip. Bust into
a snowy Nazi fortress in the mountains of Argentina. Search for the
legendary spell book in the Library of Congress. All while they are
being hunted by a secret agency in charge with keeping the world of
myth from the modern worlds knowledge.
Their
trust among themselves will be tested as the darkness encroaches
around them. They'll discover abilities in themselves they never knew
were possible while pushing their personal character to its limits. This six
book series begins here with Jennet Preston's Shadow Relics.
J.S Andersen was born in Idaho and grew up on the Snake River plains. He is married and has two children. J.S. Andersen said, “ I write every day and love it. I enjoy the outdoors and having adventures with my family.” When he was young he would entertain his friends with making up adventures that they would go on. At sleepovers he would thrill them with stories that he came up with in his head. Andersen would make them each key characters in the stories. As he grew older his stories became more complicated and developed. In high school he tried tried his hand at poetry and began writing novels. J.S. also fell in love with art. Starting college he continued writing mainly as a hobby. When he began schooling he was a Landscape Architect major. However after a few semesters he realized it wasn’t creative enough of a field for him. So he switched to an art major emphasizing in illustration. Now looking back J.S. Andersen realizes what drew him to that field was the story telling aspect of illustrating. As time went on he felt that a career in art was not what he was supposed to do. That’s when he became more serious about a career in writing.