The Last Kalethar. This item is unavailable.The Last Kalethar

"An epic fantasy adventure set in ancient and magical Java. Gerrit Hansen's immersal in Javanese culture for many years lends realism to a unique setting that makes this novel truly one of a kind."

- Del Sol Press
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Maruli, a young Javan villager from the hated Jupami tribe leaves his remote jungle home to study a form of magic he hopes will help save his people from the island’s nemesis, Dahat, a member of the powerful race of Ancients (Kalethar) that’s nearly extinct. However, the magic requires grinding up special stones that elders insist are the dead remains of Ancients.

A young magic wielder named Tala mentors Maruli, and together, they become powerful, but after several disastrous battles against Dahat that nearly cost Maruli his life, they realize their magic isn’t strong enough to defeat the enemy. Worse yet, a secret venture into forbidden research reveals that the stones they’d been destroying for magic had actually housed live Ancients in stasis.

Defying elders, Maruli and Tala lay aside their pursuit of magic and travel to a hidden valley in the island’s interior to obtain the elements for freeing the imprisoned race in hopes that they’ll join them in battling Dahat.

But will their efforts unleash an even greater terror?