In a world where certain people are born with the ability to control natural elements, Selene Nesk, a seventeen-year-old wind elemental, journeys to uncover the truth behind her repressed memories. Along the way, she meets Jeremy, an eighteen-year-old earth elemental, and Lillian, a sixteen-year-old fire elemental, both of whom are trapped within a magical barrier. However, when Selene attempts to rescue them, her own past trauma causes her elemental powers to manifest in destructive ways. If she isnt able to regain her memories in time to control her raging powers, the barrier trapping Jeremy and Lillian is not the only thing that will be shattered.
While the Kalians celebrate their recent victory, an innumerable horde of galdaks pours out of the mountains, intent on destroying the human race. The people of Kalia look to Traven, a master wielder, to save them. However, even his immense power may not be enough to stop the imminent threat. His will, courage, and strength are tried as he prepares to give his all, even his life, for the people he loves.
A powerful wielder of magic is preparing to conquer a world whose people only remember magic in legends of the past. A king grappling with personal tragedy prepares his army to save his kingdom. A restless princess seeks love and adventure. In the middle of it all is Traven, a poor, ambitious peasant who dreams of being more than a simple woodcutter and unknowingly holds the key to saving the world.
The Kalian Army marches to battle. Kadrak is restless for the power of the throne. The princess is anxious for marriage but fears for the safety of her fiancé. Traven sets sail in search of Faldor's Keep where he hopes to find a weapon to save his country. What he discovers will change the fate of all.
Caught between two worlds, her magic may not be enough to save her. Known as the Gatebreaker throughout the kingdom, Lydia struggles to adjust to the political maneuvering in Thavell. The more her power grows, the more everyone wants to use it for their own gain. With John still in the wind, Erin and Murphy pushing back on her choices, and Aidric engaged to someone else, finding a way home seems further out of her grasp than ever. Then a trip to the city uncovers a plot against the crown—and against Lydia. Now Lydia’s life in is danger and she questions everything she knows. More ancient secrets are being revealed. And they all lead back to her. But each step closer to the truth takes her a step further away from home. Find out what happens in book two of the Gatebreaker series, a young adult portal fantasy adventure. If you enjoy exciting coming-of-age stories, then you’ll love Michelle Wilson’s magical tale.
Saturn is an ordinary woman with unknown, extraordinary, dormant magickal abilities. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she relocates to San Francisco, where she encounters Miles, a man caught between love and a coven’s sinister agenda. Saturn’s journey leads her through the lands of love, betrayal, and self-discovery. As she unravels her hidden powers and delves deep into her family’s magickal heritage, she becomes a central figure and a force to be reckoned with in a cosmic conflict. Her awakening to her true destiny transforms her life, challenges her beliefs, and takes her on a spellbinding adventure.
The wildly popular Skylanders series returns with the ultimate adventure, featuring the new Trap Master Skylanders and over 40 trappable villains. With Cloudcraker Prison destroyed and Skylands' most notorious villains set free, players must find and capture these evildoers using the magic of Traptanium. Once trapped, the villains' awesome powers can be used to fight for good!
Ethan Sutcliff seems like a normal seventeen-year-old—at least that's what he's trying to portray. In a secret society run by the Supernaturals, Ethan is what witches call a Bender. Benders are Witches' Guardians, who are able to control a witches' ability, bend it, or move it away from harming humans. In Ethan's case, he is able to bend the Earth element. But at the age of fifteen, he lost all connection to it, and the reasons behind it could only mean one of two things: His Wielder is either dead, or hiding out somewhere. Alex Burgendorf has been living in her aunt's locket for the past sixteen years with her mother—a Fire Wielder, and her father—a Water Wielder. For sixteen years, her parents vowed to protect her, and they have, as she is the last Earth wielding witch. However, time is running out. Alex must find her Bender, or the fate of the Supernaturals might be at stake
A Kite in the Wind is an anthology of essays by 20 veteran writers and master teachers. While the contributors offer specific, practical advice on such fundamental aspects of craft as characterization, character names, the first person point of view, and unreliable narrators, they also give extended, thoughtful consideration to more sophisticated topics, including “imminence,” or the power of a sense of beginning; creating and maintaining tension; “lushness”; and the deliberate manipulation of information to create particular effects. The essays in A Kite in the Wind begin as personal investigations — attempts to understand why a decision in a particular story or novel seemed unsuccessful; to define a quality or problem that seemed either unrecognized or unsatisfactorily defined; to understand what, despite years of experience as a fiction writer, resisted comprehension; and to pursue haunting, even unanswerable questions. Unlike a how-to book, the anthology is less an instruction manual than it is an intimate visit with twenty very different writers as they explore topics that excite, intrigue, and even puzzle them. Each discussion uses specific examples and illustrations, including both canonical stories and novels and writing less frequently discussed, from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, by both American and international authors. The contributors share their hard-earned insights for beginning and advanced writers with humility, wit, and compassion. The first section of the book focuses on narration, with particular attention paid to various kinds of narrators; the second, on strategic creation and presentation of character; the third, on some of the roles of the visual, beginning with establishing setting; and the fourth, on structural and organizational issues, from movement through time to the manipulation of information to create mystery and suspense. Contributors include Wilton Barnhardt, Andrea Barrett, Charles Baxter, Karen Brennan, Maud Casey, Lan Samantha Chang, Robert Cohen, Stacey D’Erasmo, Judy Doenges, Anthony Doerr, C. J. Hribal, Michael Martone, Kevin McIlvoy, Alexander Parsons, Frederick Reiken, Steven Schwartz, Dominic Smith, Debra Spark, Megan Staffel, Sarah Stone, and Peter Turchi.
For Gaia, Terra stopped being just a name, and now it's a reality. Haunted by Azazel's last words and the painful loss of a loved one, Gaia will have to overcome the challenges of becoming Mother Nature while being stranded in a strange new world and feeling conflicted by her contradicting thoughts. With the help of powerful Terrians, her human family and The Six, Gaia will embark towards an adventure where she'll try to pass Terra's Temples and claim her rightful place, but, would she be able to succeed without losing herself?
