Books with author C. S. Smith

They have arrived! After 40 years wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites are finally ready to cross the Jordan River and claim the Promised Land. While they celebrate, the surrounding kingdoms of Moab and Midian summon the prophet Balaam from Babylonia. Joining forces with the powers of darkness, he gathers a coalition of five Midianite kings and the seductive Princess Cozbi to prevent the crossing that would change the world. The mutiny, plague, and war unleashed by his plan plunges a young generation of Israelites into a vortex of violence and upheaval beyond anything they could have imagined.

Return to the turbulence of ancient Canaan in Book Three of The Stones of Gilgal. Even the raging floods of the Jordan could not stop the Israelites from crossing the river and setting up camp near Jericho. Canaanite kings and kingdoms--even the Anakim giants--are in turmoil. Former enemies jostle for power in new alliances, united only intheir determination to destroy the Israelite invaders.When the massive fortifications of Jericho collapse, Salmon rushes into the ruins to save Rahab, the beautiful harlot who had rescued him and his fellow spy from certain death. But saving her from her own city is not so easy. And that is only the beginning of the trouble, treachery and devastating ruins they and their friends face as they settle into their new life in the Promised Land.

These are the words of Khatan . . .Exiled from the grasslands of his home, the soft-spoken nomad Khatan is driven north into the violence of the endless, cyclical Long War; as khans and princes vie for the throne of an empire long dead. But there is respite in the chaos: taken beneath the wing of Oman, charismatic warleader of the Empty Quiver, Khatan seems to have found the family - and love - that his wandering had denied him. As bannerman and khan, Stalking Wolf and Golden Leopard, the two strike out to carve their legend into the annals of the War.Each new victory, though, and each rung on their climb to glory, seems to come at greater cost, and to strain the bonds both are so desperate to hold on to. And, as the Long War approaches its apocalyptic climax, signs appear that perhaps Khatan’s fate was never entirely his own . . .Two Thousand Leagues as the Seabird is Khatan’s death-song. It is the first book of the Created World.

It’s Christmas holiday and Lily is stuck in a remote mountain village surrounded by people with unfamiliar cultural traditions.With school out for a month and no internet connection, at first she wonders how she will fill the time. Lily soon discovers there’s more to gift-giving than just the giving. Cut off from the outside world, she’s expected to hand make gifts for friends and family. Will there be enough time in just 28 days?A sweet, multicultural Christmas story with a touch of young romance, 28 Days features Lily and Arturo from the Seed Savers series. Read more about them in Lily and Heirloom.

Unfathomable evil grips the ancient homeland of the Children of Israel. For forty years, Yahweh, Most High God, has been preparing his people in the wilderness. At last they are ready to confront the darkness and claim their Promised Land. But before they can cross the Jordan River, the surrounding kingdoms of Moab and Midian summon the evil prophet Balaam from Babylonia. Joining forces with the ruthlessly ambitious Princess Cozbi, he gathers a coalition of five Midianite kings who will stop at nothing to defeat Israel and prevent a crossing that will change the world. Familiar biblical characters--Moses, Caleb, and Joshua--stride through the mutiny, plague, and war unleashed by Balaam's plot, but this is the coming of age story of the next generation. Six real, but minor biblical characters nurtured in a simple wilderness life suddenly find themselves caught in a life-changing vortex of violence and upheaval beyond anything they could have imagined.

Return to the turbulence of ancient Canaan in Book Three of The Stones of Gilgal. Even the raging floods of the Jordan could not stop the Israelites from crossing the river and setting up camp near Jericho. Canaanite kings and kingdoms--even the Anakim giants--are in turmoil. Former enemies jostle for power in new alliances, united only in their determination to destroy the Israelite invaders.When the massive fortifications of Jericho collapse, Salmon rushes into the ruins to save Rahab, the beautiful harlot who had rescued him and his fellow spy from certain death. But saving her from her own city is not so easy. And that is only the beginning of the trouble, treachery and devastating ruins they and their friends face as they settle into their new life in the Promised Land.

A collection of funny, scary and festive narrative poems for children. Where do fairy tale characters have their tea break? What do you do if you find a monster in your kitchen? How does Santa choose which fairy to sit atop his Christmas tree? What would you do if you had a magic clothes chest that allowed you to become whatever you dressed up as?Took a look inside - you might be surprised at the answers!

They live amongst us: the telepaths and precogs and the other psychics. They call themselves paths, and they refer to us non-paths as drips, because we are like a leaking faucet to them, irritating and always in need of fixing. Forget about your carnival “mind reader” and “fortune teller”; the real paths are hidden in plain sight, although you might, possibly, identify them by their sticks. The sticks look like ordinary objects, walking canes and rulers and such, but they are much more than this. Sticks allow paths to focus the energies of the five psychic forces. Now different path factions are on the brink war, and if hostilities break out, we drips are sure to be dragged into the conflict whether we’re aware of the actual cause or not. Six young paths will try to prevent this catastrophe: two young stick-makers, Heather Harris and her cousin Aiden Griffin; their older brother and sister, Kenneth Harris and Sage Griffin; and two genius-level practitioners of pathiology, Vero King and Malodny Throckwell. Will they succeed and be heroes or fail and throw us all - paths and drips - into chaos?

Kadogos is fifteen years old and will soon become a woman and a wife. But first she must kill her brother.On the plains of the savannah, Kadogos and her twin brother Khalfini are pitched in a deadly battle for the throne of the Leopard Tribe.The blood of the leopard courses through their veins and each possesses unnatural speed, strength and the senses of the wild beasts that roam the land.But only one can rule this sun-scorched region. Only one is destined to become the mightiest warrior of them all.

If you go down to the woods today.........Mandy is looking forwards to her first sleepover.She is meeting all of her friends and has packed her bag and brought her favourite teddy bear called Larry Lamb and everything.And the best thing is that they have found somewhere secret to sleep the night where their parents will never find them. Somewhere faraway from their village and their parents and their rules. Somewhere so far away that no one will ever hear their screams when the darkness falls.