Books with author John Francis

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While everyone else prepares for war, Elaina is on a divine mission to restore peace. She grew up believing she was an orphan, but Elaina now knows who and what she is, and she’s learning how to use her new powers over nature, life, and death to achieve her goals.Heavy snow is falling in Arra, and its army and royal court are hiding in caves from the Destaurian invaders. Elaina, her mentor Alessa, and Queen Alethea have journeyed northward to secure allies for a counterstrike.Meanwhile, Elaina’s love Prince Jaimin learns how to inspire his people, and Jaimin’s best friend and advisor Nastasha struggles with her feelings for him.Even if the counterstrike succeeds, peace is not assured. Ultimately, Elaina must travel far into a hostile land to find and heal the enemy king. And she will need the help of a family she never knew she had.

The wanderlust they called it and Horatio Hobbs was smitten. Tales of Shadowmere forest, the magical woods of Celeste, Bloodeye trolls and the great mounds of the Serpent had left this young apprentice with no choice but to set out on an adventure. At the age of eight he’d been presented with an acorn by the mysterious fox Mister Moorcroft; but this was no ordinary acorn: This was the Calimor. With his sixteenth birthday approaching the young apprentice sets off on a journey; a journey that takes him from the humble town of Drinkwater, across the plains and the hills of the north lands to the dense woods of Shadowmere forest. Pursued by the fearsome King Bovik and his tribe of Bloodeye trolls, Horatio Hobbs finds an unexpected ally in the form of Albert Krunger, a Bloodeye banished from the tribe for un-troll like behaviour. “That’s just the problem,” he tells Horatio. “I’m just too bleedin' nice.” Along with Thomas the old grey pony and with Albert Krunger by his side, Horatio Hobbs discovers the identity of his father, the secrets of Shadowmere forest, the magic of the Eldrin and a world that he had only ever dreamed of.