Can Jia resist the call on her heartstrings and unite the free peoples of Ckelnor before it is too late?
Heartstrings: Jia's Story features a girl in her late teens named Jiashri who sets out on a quest to recover her heartstrings, the physical embodiment of her will, which were removed at birth by a powerful sorcerer. Along the way, she discovers that she is not the mortal girl she thought she was and that the very same sorcerer has a larger purpose—to enslave all in the land of Ckelnor.
Her heritage and ability to befriend make her the key to uniting the free peoples so they might fend off the coming sorcerer’s army. When her heartstrings fall into the enemy’s hands, however, she finds herself on the run to evade capture. Even worse, her heartstrings are cursed to draw misfortunes to her if she should resist whoever controls them.
With two ducklings for companions, the appearance of a winged unicorn named Herald, and the friendship of memorable characters such as the Sea, an unusual lord named Cullen, and a friendly urchin that cries in the night, this story of the search for freedom, friendship, love, and sacrifice unfolds.