Guardians of Knox Academy · Book One
It cares if you're worthy.
Enter the world of Knox Academy — where magic awakens, dragons soar, and five unlikely students must discover what makes them worthy.
Guardians of Knox Academy · Book One
Fraternal twins Adaś and Robuś can’t explain the door. It appeared at the end of their Chicago middle school hallway on a perfectly ordinary Thursday — ancient and carved in glowing runes. Neither the door nor the tropical magical realm on the other side was there yesterday.
Welcome to Knox Academy, where floating books argue, Whimsykins cause courtyard chaos, and the cafeteria conjures whatever you ask for — if you mind your manners. What isn’t on the syllabus: learning their family has been hiding magic for generations.
Now the twins are handed spellbooks, thrown into a world of enchanted creatures, and told there are Trials coming. No warning. No prep. No mercy. Then there are the dragons of Obsidian Spire, bonded to their riders through an ancient telepathic link — because something is circling the Academy. Something that moves against magic like a shadow that forgot to wait for the light.
The World
A hidden magical legacy is about to change everything.
Ancient creatures. Telepathic bonds. And riders who are still learning what they’re capable of.
Five students. Five unique powers. One impossible responsibility.
A prophecy. A looming threat. And no time to prepare.
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The Author
Nichelle Johnson is a Chicago native who eventually wandered out to the Pacific Northwest, where she now lives surrounded by trees, rain, and an unreasonable number of fleece jackets.
Her storytelling career began the way many great epics do — with bedtime stories for her godsons, who demanded plot twists, dragons, and absolutely no early bedtimes.
When she’s not building magical worlds, Nichelle can usually be found traveling, taking photos of things that “just have good lighting,” or strolling along the beach with her dog, Knox — who is convinced he is the main character in every story ever told.
