Katreena is getting more and more frustrated. It’s bad enough that any hope to free the world from the power of the mages rests on her, but the idea that she’s responsible for the irritating and maddening Nudd makes it even worse. Why of all possible companions is she stuck with the silly blacksmith’s apprentice. Why is he always staring at her? Why - and this is the most important - why does she find herself looking at him all the time? Why does she care what he thinks anyway? It’s distracting and irritating, and worse than that; she knows that he’ll be nothing but trouble. Her quest is difficult enough. How is she supposed to keep herself safe when she has to worry about keeping his safe as well!

Attacked by Grimlingsis the third episode of Occitan’s Fate, the exciting new series from Saltmine Green Young Adult Press. It’s the third story of volume one, A Gathering of Talentand it continues the story of Katreena that began in Katreena and the Sword and Bandits in the Forest. Can an orphan teen girl gather together her father’s warriors and prevent a return to the tyranny of yesterday? Can she deal with the responsibility for the fate of her world? Can she do it all while struggling with the feelings she’s started to have for the irritating and downright maddening blacksmith’s assistant who’s tagging along whether she likes it or not? Saltmine Green Young Adult Press publishes only the finest fantasy, paranormal, and science fiction for young adults. Look for new episodes of Occitan’s Fate every Thursday on Amazon.