The Black Star of Kingston (Tales of Old Natalia Book 1)

“S. D. Smith has done it again. The Black Star of Kingston is a book I’ll be shouting about from the rooftops for a long time coming.” — Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Revival


A century before Heather and Picket’s adventures in The Green Ember, a
displaced community fights for hope on the ragged edge of survival.

My place beside you

My blood for yours

Till the Green Ember rises

Or the end of the world.


Whitson Mariner and Fleck Blackstar face old fears and new enemies, forging a legend that will echo through the ages.

Old wars haunt. New enemies threaten. An oath is born.

A hero rises.

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• The Last Archer: A Green Ember Story
• Ember Falls (The Green Ember Series Book 2)
• Ember Rising (The Green Ember Series Book 3)
• The Green Ember (The Green Ember Series Book 1)
• Welcome to Washington, Fina Mendoza
• The STEAM Team: Simple Science Explained
• The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane
• Ruff vs. Fluff (A Queenie and Arthur Novel)
• Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk