The Keeper of Matter

The Keeper Chronicles, Book 2

By: M. N. Whitehouse

Narrated by: Kevin E Green

Medieval Scotland. Corrupted wolves. A cosmic consciousness that's forgotten how to trust.

Seventeen-year-old Dylan Bennett thought restoring the Time Sigil was hard. Now he's facing something worse: centuries of systematic psychological torture designed to convince the Matter Sigil that all cooperation is just sophisticated exploitation. The entity that holds physical reality together has been taught to doubt its own judgment, shown carefully selected examples of partnership gone wrong until it believes connection itself is the problem.

The culprit is Corvus, a corrupted apprentice who's spent seven hundred years perfecting his brainwashing techniques. He's twisted Highland wolves into weapons using chronological torture loops, turned their pack bonds into chains, and made the Scottish landscape itself a trap for anyone trying to heal the damage.

Dylan's mission: travel to 1314, learn Highland magic from Morag, a wise woman who's been expecting him for thirty-seven years, and prove that genuine partnership exists to an ancient entity that has every reason not to believe him. His autistic brain, which sees patterns others miss, becomes essential as he learns matter consciousness techniques based on invitation rather than force, cooperation rather than control.

Alongside researcher Rowan and his Guardian dog Bruno, Dylan must master Highland wisdom, free tortured creatures from temporal bindings, and face an impossible truth: you can't heal psychological trauma by fighting it. You have to offer something better.

Where mathematical thinking meets ancient magic, and courage means choosing hope when seven centuries of evidence suggests despair is more reasonable. The second adventure in the Dylan Bennett series, where being different isn't a limitation, it's exactly what reality needs to survive.

©2025 M. N. Whitehouse (P)2025 M. N. Whitehouse

Adventure

The Keeper of Matter by M. N. Whitehouse is an amazing adventure fantasy. Kevin E. Green did an incredible job with the narration. The story is entertaining, interesting, enjoyable, funny, action packed, and more. The Keeper of Matter is the second book in The Keeper Chronicles.

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Highland Wisdom

I definitely like the way the Highland Wisdom & Magic are described in this book.
The Idea of cooperation instead of determination, and individually over strict conformity is something I wish was actually part of the world viewpoint .moving forward.
Narrator once again does an Excellent job with the various characters voices and the entire storyline.

Adventure

Great book, very enjoyable and very well done. Great from beginning to end. Definitely recommend this book.