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United by flame. Divided by all else. Flame-haired heiress Tytiana has it all. She enjoys wealth, power, privilege, and a growing reputation as a scientist and botanist serving the lucrative silk trade of Helyon Island. But amongst her peers, being a peg-legged redhead beauty bears a terrible price. She is a pariah. >>>Born Into the Lowest Rungs of Society, His Fate Will Take Him to Unimaginable Heights Jakani, the son of an immigrant Dirt Picker and a disabled mother, has nothing. Born into abject serfdom, the rebellious Easterner relies on his wits, dubious honour and infallible nose for ...

The Storm is coming! The hegemony of Sylakia has been broken and freedom won, but at a shattering cost. Laid low by the vile Shapeshifter pox and Thoralian’s wiles, can Aranya rise again? For war sweeps Herimor at the touch of the Marshal’s evil claws, and he will stop at nothing to possess the ultimate power. Now, the race is on to find the First Egg of the Ancient Dragons. Accompanied by her friends Zuziana and Ardan, and the magnificent Land Dragon Leandrial, the Star Dragoness must dive deep in her new quest. Cross the uncrossable Rift-Storm to Herimor. Stop Thoralian. Crush his ...

Silent night, holy night, Sleep the Dragons on the height ... Deeper than the canyons are the secrets of the Giants. Chased into the deep Darûz by rival bands of murderous Giants, Keir and Storm find new allies to help them reach the ancient citadel of Barûd-dûm-Layura. There, they must learn the lost secrets of Dragons and their Dragon Guardians. From unexpected nuptials to whizzing about on speedboats stolen from Olde Earth, firing torpedoes and mortars at one another, the Giants like to keep things ... exciting. Aye, that's the word. At last, Keir and his diamond Dragoness will ...

Who is the Beauty and who is the Beast? Cindrelline is a celebrated beauty who suffers from an appalling affliction, the price of her ancestor’s ill-fated dealings with a Necromancer. The cursed blood of a slain Dragon which runs in her veins has already claimed the lives of her parents and many relatives. Now, Aunt Gretelline has her claws on the family fortune and she has Cindrelline’s medical treatment … well in hand. Is Cindrelline the accursed Beast? Or the scheming aunt? Or is it the one who publicly humiliates her that night of the Royal Ball, who offers her life as payment to ...

Two Outcasts United By Fate. Two Terrible Secrets. One Incredible Destiny. As war convulses the ancient realm of Wyldaroon, powerful Dragon Marshals rush to choose sides in the sweeping conflict between Aranya the Star Dragoness and her nemesis, the unstoppable Marshal Thoralian. Islands fall. Nations crumble. Predatory Shapeshifters swoop to snatch the spoils from amidst the devastation. When Asturbar, a hard-bitten Infantry Commander of the Mistral Fires, is forced into a desperate act of thievery to deny Azhukazi the Necromancer Dragon the magical artefacts he covets, he unleashes an ...

Alodeé is a girl with a secret. She’s strong, smart and just a little too different. After a miraculous crash-landing on the mysterious exoplanet dubbed Resurrection Dawn, the Humanoid colonists quickly discovered a carnivorous ecosystem of gigantic proportions. Most of it rather fancied Humanoid meat. They barely survived. What they still do not know about their immense, physics-defying new home might very well kill them. Alodeé is about to find out why her parents fled to the farthest planet they knew, what her mother died without telling her, and why she’s being hunted by a ...

Humanity makes its last stand. Having unleashed their ultimate weapon, the enemy armada drives the Humans and their Elven and Giant allies deep into the Amarinthian Bulwark. Surrounded and overmatched, the survivors take refuge in the Halls of the Dragon Kings, praying for a miracle. A true Christmas miracle. Can hope rise from the ashes, sprung from the extraordinary bond between a Diamond Dragoness and her half-Elf Rider? As Keir and Auroral Storm Diamond race against time to unravel the mystery of Santaclaws’ last moments, their friends and families fight for their lives, for their ...

A Dragoness must take wing. Elven ambitions regarding the new Dragon in the jungles collide with Keir and Storm's desire to keep their bond intact. As politics in the Elven Council threaten civil war, and the growing Dragoness' needs multiply, tough choices need to be made - or will those choices be made for them? Join Keir and Auroral Storm Diamond in the next mucky, thrilling, hair-raising adventure as they pursue their goal of staying alive to become Dragon and Rider. Friends new and old join them for an unforgettable journey beneath the Elven jungles to the canyon land of the Giants. ...

A nation wounded by battle after battle, An implacable enemy, And a young warrior who holds the key to the future. The volcanic peaks of the Simien Mountains resound to the drums of war. Having beaten off Kalcha’s most treacherous assault yet, Shioni of Sheba learns a new secret of her past. But what is she? How do her powers work? And how can she hope to defeat Belshalar, the Annihilator of Nations, when she stands a mere four inches tall? Deep beneath Castle Hiwot lies a mystery, a path between worlds. Only Shioni can take the plunge. But danger, treachery and another mighty enemy lie ...

When Shioni, slave to the Princess of Sheba, travels to the legendary Simien Mountains of Ethiopia, she encounters adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Little does she imagine the powerful forces lurking in this jagged volcanic wilderness; forces that could tear the Kingdom of Sheba apart. Kalcha, the Wasabi leader, has prepared a deadly trap, an evil sorcery rooted within the castle the King has chosen for his fortress. Kalcha is massing her warriors and her giant hyenas, intent on annihilating the Sheban forces.

As a slave-girl's freedom beckons, a dark assassin infiltrates Castle Hiwot. Shioni lays her life on the line for her best friend, the Princess of West Sheba, but finds herself catapulted into an adventure in a faraway world - the Fiuri Realms. A deadly plot unfolds as Shioni battles to confront the evil Fiuri magician Tazaka. Can Shioni unravel Tazaka's plans for the Fiuri in time to save her friend Azurelle from a terrible fate?

Keir thinks he knows about bad luck. His elven mother is dying of a wasting disease. His human father, severely injured in the war, struggles to walk. A brutal Winterfall clasps his mountainous kingdom in talons of ice. The people are starving. His family, his little sisters, depend on him to see them to Dragonmas Day. They need a miracle. But who believes in miracles anymore?

In the third book of the Santaclaws series, A Fledgling for Summer's Rising, Keir and his family dive into the supposed safety of the mighty elven jungles. But even here, new dangers wait. Greedy eyes hunger for a dragoness of diamond born. Travelling into the sacred heart of the jungles, Keir seeks vital clues that will keep him and Storm alive.

True to Keir's fears, the enemy is not slow to respond to a dragon hatchling's birth. Certanshi assassins close in on his family, but they are not the only ones who want the elves of Amarinthe and his scaly diamond miracle dead and buried in the snows. The ill-prepared elves must flee through snow and winter storm to the safety of the Arabaxa Jungles. Keir leads the way through the heart of the mountains, beneath the Dragon Kings peaks, into the lair of Santaclaws himself - but many dangers lie in wait.

Trapped in a car wreck, crushed by a train. In seconds, Zaranna's world is torn apart and she must start life anew, as a survivor. A double amputee. Yet why does this promising equestrienne remember a flash of sulphurous fire, and a crimson paw hurling her mother's car onto the train tracks? Why does a tide of beguiling butterflies flood her increasingly chaotic dreams? As Zaranna Inglewood adjusts to life minus legs, plus gorgeous Alex, the paramedic who cut her body from the wreckage, she learns the terror of being hunted.

The power to heal with a touch comes with a terrible price. When Arlak betrays his friend to the sorceress Jyla, she places a curse upon his life–the power to perform miracles. There is only one proviso. Arlak must live a perfectly unselfish life, or pay a forfeit. Each time he fails, her power will double. Each time he fails, he must run twice as long from the ravaging, burrowing Wurm. A life torn apart by a selfish choice. Godlike powers encased in a frail vessel. This man will be murderer, healer, betrayer and saviour. He will be El Shashi, a man on the run from an inescapable destiny....

A journey to Gondar and the Sacred Lake in search of medicine for the stricken King of West Sheba turns into high adventure for Shioni and Princess Annakiya. Only the King can grant Shioni her freedom. But he is dying. From stampeding elephants to flooded rivers, the trail is fraught with danger. But a greater peril lurks in the stone city of Gondar. Can the lion-loving King of Gondar be trusted? What is the hidden menace in his kingdom?

When Shioni and Talaku, the Mad Giant, encounter a Wasabi patrol near Castle Asmat, they uncover a deadly secret: a tunnel through the Simien Mountains used by Kalcha's troops. Have they averted disaster? Or has the trouble for Sheba only just begun?

The king lies in a coma. Princess Annakiya must rule the castle in his stead. But Kalcha, witch-leader of the Wasabi, is far from defeated. Through scorpions and arrows, assassins and living nightmares, she seeks to destroy the Kingdom of Sheba. She will have her revenge.

When strength fails, will love prevail? Betrayed. Hunted by the Whales for the power of her Song. Snatched away from all she holds dear, Zhialeiana must journey to the farthest shores of the World-Sea, where she will confront the ultimate power of the age, the Sea-Witch and her draconic minions. Forsaking all else to the farewell of life-currents, My soul’s boundaries expanded, My grief ne’er sweeter, Thus, we parted. >>>Many dark secrets swirl within the life-current of a girl with the power to touch souls. Legends will rise. The darkness will resist. Ten thousand leagues of ...