Notion Press
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First Published by Rising Sun Publishers in July 2018
Revised Edition by Notion Press 2021
Copyright © Yajat Sharma 2021
All Rights Reserved.
eISBN 978-1-63745-514-2
This book has been published with all efforts taken to make the material error-free after the consent of the author. However, the author and the publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.
While every effort has been made to avoid any mistake or omission, this publication is being sold on the condition and understanding that neither the author nor the publishers or printers would be liable in any manner to any person by reason of any mistake or omission in this publication or for any action taken or omitted to be taken or advice rendered or accepted on the basis of this work. For any defect in printing or binding the publishers will be liable only to replace the defective copy by another copy of this work then available.
Dedicated to my caring sister Jagriti and my inspiring parents – Ritu Dwivedi and Anish Prasad – without whose steadfast support and encouragement, this first book in my trilogy of THE FOUR ELEMENTALS, would not have been possible.
“I congratulate the very young author, Yajat Sharma, on the launch of his first book, Quest for the Arcane Crown. For a twelve-year-old, Yajat has shown remarkable creativity and imagination. Simple in style, the book makes for exciting reading. I wish him all the best. May God bless him!”
– Shovana Narayan, Padmashri and Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, Kathak guru and IAAS
“Beautifully woven and sequenced, Quest for the Arcane Crown transposes children to a world of their own with all its quirky fantasies. Yajat, I am sure, will send shock waves that will resonate through the literary world.”
– Amitava Ghosh, Educationist and Consultant
“A fantastic story of dangerous uncertainties, magic moments in a bewildering quick succession… every reason to be pleasantly impressed, especially when coming from a twelve-year old author… wonderful new genre fantasy novel to besiege a great part of literary world… enough to invite world attention.”
– Manas Pal, Author and Journalist
“This book is so good, it is almost difficult to believe that this is the work of twelve-year old. The story has all the elements of a great classic. Material fit for a movie or a show on Netflix. Can easily imagine the book being made into a serialized graphic novel as well... Congratulations, Yajat. The world, please take note – a promising author has just made his debut.”
– Ameen Haque, Founder, Storywallahs
About the Author
Yajat Sharma, born on 30th May 2006, has been an avid reader since the age of three. His passion for reading inspired this book through which he gave life to his creative imagination. Typing skills gained at an early age of five helped him in being a published author at the young age of 12 years.
Yajat has conceived the story of “The Four Elementals” as a Trilogy. On 29th July 2018 at the India International Center, New Delhi, India, the young author began his writing journey with a grand launch of his first book titled “Quest for the Arcane Crown” published by The Rising Sun Publishers, New Delhi. The book touched #No. 2 on the Amazon’s Bestselling List in its listed category. This creative work of Yajat also gained entry into the India Book of Records under the Appreciation Category with a medal and citation.
The readers received the book with unprecedented love and gave feedback along with suggestions. Yajat has incorporated the feedback and suggestions in this revised edition of the book being published by Notion Press.
Yajat has completed the other two books in the Trilogy titled – THE SKULL WARRIOR and THE PAGES OF DESTINY which are being published shortly.
Yajat is imaginative, focused and expansive. He is happy, congruent, and possesses a mature and optimistic outlook towards life. As a young adult, he exhibits a never-say-die spirit in whatever challenges he takes up in life.
Yajat resides at New Delhi along with parents Dr. Ritu Dwivedi and Anish Prasad and sister Jagriti.
Yajat can be reached at:
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MILLENNIA AGO, there lived a great magician named Lord Arcane. He was one of the most legendary wizards of all time. He derived his powers from a mystical and magical Crown.
Using the power of the Crown of Magic, he created an entire world deep inside the Earth – the Dark World – that remained hidden from the Earthlings. Lord Arcane filled it with people and strange creatures. After him, his son, Mascae, ruled the Dark World.
Apart from being a magician, Lord Arcane was a great seer too. While meditating, he could visualize the future. He foresaw that great troubles would occur in the Dark World in the future.
He saw that an evil sorcerer would rise to destroy the Dark World and the Earth by harnessing the powers of the Crown of Magic. Lord Arcane also saw the faces of four prophesied children from Earth who could save these worlds from destruction.
Anguished by the visions, Lord Arcane devised a plan to make the Crown of Magic challenging to acquire. He broke it into seven pieces and hid them in different places in the Dark World. Anyone intending to use the Crown of Magic had to find all the seven pieces and combine them to make the Crown. He entrusted seven of his most trustworthy warriors to guard and protect each of these pieces.
A thought dawned on him that the prophesied children would also need the power of the Crown to win over evil. The children should be
