Everna Saga: The Light Bringers

By Andry Chang

These are not fairy tales. These are history.

Come to Everna, the magical world
where Jack and Jill, Little Bo Peep,
The Knick-Knack Paddy Whack Man,
and many others have adventures.

Come to Everna, where wondrous places
like Old MacDonald’s Magic Farm and
the magical sub-world, Everlite exists.

Come to Everna, to discover magical
beings like rabbits on trial, eils who
help a shoemaker, the Snake Prince, and
Old King Cole and the Fiddlers Three.

Come to Everna to see us. And we,
The Light Bringers will meet you there.
Everna Saga: The Light Bringers is a Children's Fantasy Anthology set in the complete, detailed Earth parallel world of Terra Everna and part of the Everna Saga brand created by Andry Chang.
It’s highly recommended for children above 8, young adults, and adult readers who love:
- Novels are written in a unique, cinematic way
- Lively and likable characters, strong protagonists
- The parallel world setting is like Earth
- Detailed and immersive world-building and history
- Earth-based religion blended with fantasy world philosophy
- A pinch of mild romance here and there
- Inspirational moral values and heartwarming moments
- Fictional cultures and geography parallel to Earth
- Recognizable, easy-to-imagine Earth-like details

Story List:
1. Monkey Mask - Andry Chang
2. The Eils and the Shoemaker - Alistair Kane
3. The Snake Prince - Alistair Kane
4. Knick-Knack Paddy Whack - Andry Chang
5. The Enchanted Princess – Alistair Kane
6. A Dream of Everlite – Andry Chang
7. Jack and Jill – Andry Chang
8. The Enchanted Farm – Andry Chang
9. Old King Cole – Alistair Kane
10. The Three Shepherds – Andry Chang
11. The Emperor’s New Clothes – Alistair Kane
12. The Morbit Trial – Runa Rain

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andry Chang
• Release date: Aug 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215743300

Andry Chang

Andry Chang is a pilgrim in authorship since 2005. Aside from his everyday life as an entrepreneur, a husband and a father of one, he always makes time to write, draw or developing games. He continues to hone his skills and never gives up, resulting in his published multimedia works.Some of his commercially published writings, either singulars or collaborations are:FireHeart – Legend of the Paladins (2008), Vandaria Saga – Kristalisasi (2012), Qi Xi – Bunga Rampai Asmara (2012), Love Around You (2013), Magical Stories (2013), LEINA – Legenda Imaji Nusantara (2015), Everna Saga – Hikayat Tiga Zaman (2015), Everna Saga – Utara dan Selatan (2015), Everna Saga – Barat dan Timur (2016) (Indonesian Language Works) and Everna Saga - Morf and the Pirates of Flamenca (2016) (English Language Works)

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Andry Chang

Everna Saga: The Light Bringers

A Children’s Fantasy Anthology

Copyright © 2023 by Andry Chang

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Contents

1. MONKEY MASK Andry Chang

2. THE EILS AND THE SHOEMAKER Alistair Kane

3. THE SNAKE PRINCE Alistair Kane

4. KNICK-KNACK PADDY WHACK Andry Chang

5. THE ENCHANTED PRINCESS Alistair Kane

6. A DREAM OF EVERLITE Andry Chang

7. JACK AND JILL Andry Chang

8. THE ENCHANTED FARM Andry Chang

9. OLD KING COLE Alistair Kane

10. THE THREE SHEPHERDS Andry Chang

11. THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Alistair Kane

12. THE MORBIT TRIAL Runa Rain

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1

MONKEY MASK Andry Chang

Sarimin goes to the marketplace.

People often said that when I came to the marketplace with Granny Rahma. Many of them got excited and crowded around me. Some were laughing, and some were pointing at me as though I was some kind of attraction around here, in this quiet village I lived.

The reason? Well, for one, I wasn’t a human, but a monkey. Yes, a three-foot, long-tailed, grey-furred animal walking on two feet like normal humans do. And sometimes four, if my hands were free. Plus, wearing a farmer’s hat and a vest, I looked pretty ridiculous, a funny sight that attracted many people along the way.

So, I tried to ignore them all and walked on, carrying my two empty baskets hanging on a long stick. My instinct has told me to just go, and jump away to the trees of freedom since long ago, but my common sense said you can’t do that. You see, Granny Rahma has raised me since I was a wee baby like a mother I never had. So, it was natural to help her in return, as a sign of my filial love and devotion.

On the vegetable stall, Granny Rahma was having trouble selecting the goods, most probably because of her blurry sight. So, I became her eyes, ears, nose, and fingers, picking only the freshest of the lot. Wow, Sarimin did it again, said the vegetable hawker, a fat woman with a nasty little smile on her thick, hideous lips. He’s such a great picker, isn’t he?

Granny Rahma smiled back, her skinny, wrinkly cheeks swelled. You know, ma’am, I’ve trained Sarimin for years to do chores and sorts. If not, well, let’s say he’ll make a mess of everything, don’t you think? The hawker made up a giggle, taking the copper coins hastily from Granny’s wrinkled hand while I watched the whole thing and made sure nothing went wrong. I just imagined wrecking her stall and feasting on the merchandise until my belly bloated. But no, I managed to restrain myself all this time, because I, Sarimin am not your average, ordinary primate. Nosiree!

My burden got a lot heavier and my stomach started to grumble. Just then the greatest, the most powerful temptation stormed into my view. I couldn’t take my eyes away from the gleaming, yellowy, big, ripe thing. It was none other than a stem of bananas, hanging so elegantly on the fruit stall like a beautiful female with furs of gold. I drooled, dying to just leave these burdens, chase after them, and savor my tongue with that unmatched sweetness.

Suddenly, Granny Rahma’s skeletal face came into sight, bursting my imagination away. She said, Here, Sarimin, I have bought you a bunch of bananas for being a good boy. Just wait until we get home, and then you can eat them. I flipped joyfully to see my favorite fruit, my baskets almost tumbled to the ground. Well, not if you got naughty, no no no.

Oh well, the reward is won when the effort is done. It took a long time and more than my primate instinct to understand that, but hey, somehow I did.

When we were done shopping and left for home, I heard a boy beggar shout, Come again tomorrow, Sarimin, Hanuman’s incarnate! Incarnation? Granny Rahma once told me about Hanuman, an immortal white monkey with godly powers, the bravest hero in the epic Ramayana. But if someone should ask me whether I was Hanuman’s incarnate, I have three words for him, I don’t know.

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One day, Granny Rahma couldn’t get up from