The Lantern Keeper: The Long Light
Paperback
Series: The Lantern Keeper, Book 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 5 2026
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Return to the sun-warmed valleys of Mossmere in this heartwarming, low-stakes cozy fantasy novel about deepening roots, old secrets, and a home that finally feels earned. Elian Reed is no longer the outsider who arrived with soft hands and city boots. He's the keeper now-hands calloused, boots broken in, a second guest room made up at the inn just in case. But an apprentice arrives needing knowledge he didn't know he had, and a wandering historian's eleven-year search finally reaches his corner of the map: seven lantern shrines that were never dark by accident. They were told to wait. The trail leads east, toward a village that refused the magic network three centuries ago-and a history the past tried hard to keep buried.
Why readers are loving this zero-romance, slow-burn cozy fantasy sequel:- Found Family, Deepened: New arrivals stretch Elian's quiet world wider without ever crowding out the community he's already built.
- A Gentle Mystery: Old journals, a forgotten agreement, and a magic system with a memory of its own-no danger, just discovery.
- Comfort Food for the Soul: Perfect for fans of Travis Baldree, Becky Chambers, and Sarah Beth Durst.
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