Books with title The Golden Shell

The boy Jan longs for the return of his father, who vanished when he went in search of the ship with the Golden Sail. Every day Jan stands at the edge of the sea and scans the horizon, his heart full of hope. His friend, the blind netmaker Samos, thinks the boy needs to let go. Then the day comes when the two are swept away in a strange adventure that will require a kind of letting go that Jan could never have imagined. (A short story of approximately 5,000 words.)

Book 2 of the “To Color the Wind” series takes you back into the exotic fantasy world of A’Tlaran where cultures clash and political intrigue mixes with magic.The story picks up 4 years after “The Wolf Head Amulet left off. The protagonist, Jesipam is now a teenager trying to choose her path in life. She doesn’t want the life her elders would choose for her, but forging her own way proves difficult. Her search leads her to the handsome and charismatic Blonre. He seems to hold the keys to making her fondest dreams come true, but what is his real agenda? Can Jesipam really escape a fate that may be predestined? How will her choices affect the fate of her people?Told with the same rich characterizations and vivid prose as the first book, “The Golden Stag” draws you into a world you will want to visit again and again.

It is circa 2600 BC in ancient Mesopotamia during a terrible drought, and Jomar and Zefa's father must send his children away to the city of Ur because he can no longer feed them. At fourteen, Jomar is old enough to apprentice with Sidah, a master goldsmith for the temple of the moongod, but there is no place for Zefa in Sidah's household. Zefa, a talented but untrained musician, is forced to play her music and sing for alms on the streets of Ur. Marjorie Cowley vividly imagines the intrigues, and harsh struggle for survival in ancient Mesopotamia.