title: Del Ryder and the Crystal Seed (Volume 1)
author:  Matthew David Brough 
description: <span>On a road trip across western Canada, a boy and his two older sisters listened as their mother read them The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Although he knew he loved the story, and as a teenager went on to fall even more in love with The Lord of the Rings, it wasn't until the year he was turning 40 that Matthew David Brough felt the full force of these books. That was when he sat down to write a story and out came <i>Del Ryder and the Crystal Seed</i>, the first book in a fast-paced fantasy adventure series for ages eight and up.</span><br /><br /><span>Matthew is also the devoted husband of Cheryl, loving father of Juliet, and the pastor of a small Presbyterian Church in Winnipeg, Canada. In both his reading and writing, he avoids books that moralize or "preach," but loves stories of hope.</span>
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  DEL RYDER AND THE CRYSTAL SEED
  MATTHEW DAVID BROUGH
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  DEL RYDER AND THE CRYSTAL SEED
  Matthew David Brough
  Copyright © 2015 by Matthew David Brough, www.mattbrough.com. All rights reserved. This is a
  work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, businesses, events or locales is
  purely coincidental. Reproduction in whole or part of this publication without express written consent
  is strictly prohibited.
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  Cover design by Roseanna White Designs, www.RoseannaWhiteDesigns.com
  2nd Edition edited by Elizabeth Buege, www.elizabethbuege.com
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  To my mum who taught me to pretend.
  To my daughter who reminds me to play.
  And to my wife who is beside me at every step.
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  CONTENTS
  1. The Glass and the Tombstone
  2. Digging Out a Door
  3. The Priest’s Riddle
  4. Separated
  5. Back Into The Forest
  6. The Old Oak
  7. Finding Sam and Guy
  8. Through the