The Lost Talisman : Thigpen-Gandy Publishing : 9781956423112 : 1956423117 : 17 Jun 2023 : The girl who never fit in just might be the mage who changes it all. ????? Calida is a constant screwup in her small town of Rockvale. Mayhem dogs her every step, and her family pays the price to keep her off the mage guard's radar and out of trouble with the citadel. However, everything's about to change. Now that she's twenty-two, it's time for her Awakening Ceremony, where she'll be tethered to her talisman, and finally have access to her magic. There's just one problem . . . she's pretty sure she doesn't have any. When the day finally comes, will she humiliate her family--her entire village--by being a magical dud? Only one thing is for certain; after her Awakening, nothing will ever be the same again. ????? The Lost Talisman is the first full-length entry in the An'Loran Chronicles. Action, mystery, and fantasy collide to create an edge-of-your-seat adventure . . . with magic, of cours