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On a cold day just before Christmas in 2013, the owner of a wolf dog named Porter, who had kept the animal on a 30-foot chain for the entirety of the short six years of his life, had decided to move away. He was done with his life there and done with Porter. When no home could be found for him, he called a mobile vet to come out and end his life. Fortunately for Porter, and his new family, and all who have come to love him since then, that vet refused to end his life.

What if a dragon looked into your eyes...and saw into your soul? Wenlyn dreams of seeing one of the legendary Harpy's Servants up close. As a poor village boy, he can't help but dream of the adventures the dragon-riding protectors of the realm must have. Now, one of them is coming to Tranquil village. When the Servant arrives, Wenlyn's entire world falls away, and he embarks on an adventure of his own that even his wildest dreams couldn't have conjured up.

Convicted of three murders, whistle-blower Willie Klein finds himself transported to a penal colony on Domremy where his unlikely job is to kill fellow colonists before they fall into the clutches of insectoid locals. His gruesome task is only relieved by the growing affection of Entara, an alien pleasure worker from a matriarchal world. Until, that is, their brief happiness is destroyed, as Entara is called home to an arranged marriage and Willie discovers he is still being stalked by the conspirators he tried to unmask.

Jake Kimball never could have known what treasures awaited him when he accepted a temporary position as the potter of Niederbipp. In only a couple of months, his entire life has changed from a rootless young adult to a man with understanding, vision, and a bright future, thanks to the good people of Niederbipp and his friend, Amy Eckstein.

Like Remembering Isaac, this story takes place within a sketchbook. Where the first book was Jake’s, this one is Isaac’s. It will open your mind and heart to forgotten truths discovered by a simple potter who was shaped by life and loss and love. If you’re looking for a happy ending, Discovering Isaac will not disappoint you, but you may be surprised by the tangled web wrapped up in this audiobook. It will make you laugh, and it will make you cry, but like the book before it, it will leave you wanting to become a better you.

In a town with a name like Niederbipp, you might expect the townsfolk to be a little quirky. And you’d be right. But for Jake Kimball, if the timing and circumstances were different, this would be a dream come true. As it is, he’s afraid he agreed too hastily to spend the summer working his way through the mess Isaac Bingham, the old potter - God rest his soul - left behind.