đź“ŁCover Reveal and Release Date announced for The Keepers!
The Keepers is coming!
This is not a drill, friends, we’re doing it—it’s 2026 and it’s officially the year of my witches (and queens and Cardinal Lands and…) coming to our world! I’d love to introduce you more formally.
The Cover
Let’s be dramatic about this ~Big Reveal~ with a video I did up just for today:
ISN’T IT GORGEOUS??? I’M IN LOVE!!!!!!
The Book
Wait, it’s been a while…um, what is The Keepers about again?
No worries, darlings, let’s refresh why I keep talking about witches and queens. Behold, the back cover copy:
Sanverra lies at the heart of the Cardinal Lands, dynamic realms ruled by lines of great queens. While magic is very real, witchery is challenged, for witches bow to no queen, they hold loyalty to no crown. The queens may accept advice or healing from their local Covens of the Grounded, but they and their subjects are well aware witches do not offer their services without a price.
Aleris, adopted into the ambitious Orcharder family as a second daughter, is raised to hide the magic she was born with—until she no longer can. When she finally embraces her own witchery, she changes more fates than her own.
Queen Daphne of Sanverra’s word on any matter is final—until she is nearly silenced forever. When she lives through her own death, she begins to understand how much she doesn’t know about the witches of her world.
Greater than any Coven of the Grounded, though, is the otherworldly Coven of the Keepers, whose magic turns the very Wheel of the Year. These witches take sacrificed moments from the world to do so, adhering to only one truth:
The Wheel must turn.
The logo I’m using everywhere as our Wheel of the Year. The Wheel must turn.
The Release
You may also have noticed a flashing set of numbers on that video: 06.16.26
That is the official date when The Keepers releases into the published world!!
June 16, 2026
That’s the when…but how can you get this stunning cover (with a hopefully-stunning story within) on your shelves?
My fantastic publisher, Quills and Cosmos Press, will be launching a Kickstarter in advance of the official publication date—and that’s your opportunity to snag a copy early, probably even receive it early (!!!), and be one of the coolest kids on the block to gain access to special editions and extras to go along with it!
During the Kickstarter, you’ll have exclusive access to order the hardback version, stunning art to accompany, discounted ebooks, a really cool mug, some very cool stickers, and more! When I tell you I am delighted about the things we have going on here, plus some that I’m still crossing my fingers can be possible… Y’all. Y’all!
I’ll share the Kickstarter link with you as soon as I can—but until then, you can also check out those from the Q&C books that have gone before mine, including Bethany Tap’s fast-approaching campaign for When Everything Was Fresh & Green, releasing in May!
Stay Tuned
The best place to get updates on the upcoming release as well as subsequent books in the Turners saga is my Substack—and right here on my official author site!
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The other helpful places to be updated include social media, like:
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Quills and Cosmos
The cover, as Not a Video! Swoon.
Can you spot some of the smaller details here? The artist captured so much of these characters and this world, and I probably spent an hour going starry-eyed at the details.
Speaking of the art—the art style may also seem a bit familiar, if you’ve read Molly Haniszewski’s excellent Beyond the Border Forest, or are anticipating the May release of Bethany Tap’s When Everything Was Fresh & Green—we share a cover artist whose stunning style encapsulates the best of our very different worlds. Huge thanks to WolfBell8 for creating these absolutely gorgeous covers; I’m over the moon to have this as my cover!
More news soon!
I’ll have more news for you soon—including the potential to sign up for an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) and be one of the first people in the world to read and review The Keepers!
Also, local-to-Cleveland folk, I am hopefully close to securing the venue for a launch event on release day! Put 06.16.26 in your calendar and come hang out with me in person that evening at a soon-to-be-confirmed location!
I hope you’re having a great start to the year! Keep your nose in the books and out of the news when you need the escapism.
Thanks for being here, friends.
-Sarah
