Description:
Max Canuk isn't your average eleven-year-old-he's a glassblower, part of a rare magical community where people shape glass using magic. In the village of Nemesh, where the glassblowing community lives, life is carefully controlled by the rulers of the kingdom of Arcadiya, who decide what kind of magic glassblowers are allowed to use.
Until the day it isn't.
When a shadowy sorcerer known as the Nejter attacks the busy shuk where Max and his best friend Layna's parents are meeting, a strange and powerful blast rips through the marketplace. In a single, violent instant, their families vanish, torn from reality and cast into a place no one has ever returned from.
Refusing to give up, Max and Layna set out to find their families, joined by their classmates Jaicara and Hassan. Their journey leads them far beyond the safety of Nemesh Village into strange, magical parts of Arcadiya they've only ever heard about in stories.
As they chase whispers of the impossible, they'll face danger, discover secrets, and learn that being a glassblower might be more powerful, and more important, than they ever imagined.
Brief description: Rafael Ben-Menashe is an Australian-born writer with Yemenite heritage. In addition to being an author, he is a video editor and photographer. Rafael's passion for writing fantasy based in the Middle East comes from his rich cultural Yemenite heritage, which has colored the pages of this book in more ways than one. 'The Glassblowers of Arcadiya The Azure Lamp' is the first book in a series of six. Rafael currently lives in Tel Aviv.