The Jewel of the Kalderash
Upon arriving in the Romany homeland to deliver the Mercator Globes, Petra Kronos, Tomik, and Neel formulate a plan to save Petra's father, who has been transformed into a Gray Man. But when a long-held secret is revealed, Neel finds himself bound to his country. The friends are quickly swept up in an epic battle for power. Thrones are at stake. Spies are afoot. Murder is common. Worst of all, Prince Rodolfo is close to becoming emperor, and ruling half of Europe.
How much is Petra willing to sacrifice to defend the people she loves? In this riveting series conclusion, Petra's search for answers will take her to castles and cities, through mountains, and even underwater as she tests her strength and gambles her life.
About the Kronos Chronicles Series
Books in series order
- 1.The Cabinet of Wonders(2008)
- 2.The Celestial Globe(2009)
- 3.The Jewel of the Kalderash(2011)
Reading age: 10+ years
This series should be read in order.
Twelve-year-old Petra Kronos has a simple, happy life filled with some extraordinary things: a pet tin spider who hides in her hair and offers her advice; a best friend who can trap lightning inside a glass sphere; a father who can move metal with his mind...
But Petra's happy life is disrupted when her father, who was commissioned by the prince of Bohemia to build the world’s finest astronomical clock, returns home blind. The prince has stolen his eyes, enchanted them, and now wears them. Petra is determined to steal her father’s eyes back, but as she embarks on her quest she finds many people at the castle are not what they seem, and that her father’s clock has powers capable of destroying their world.