Books with author Jon Jacks

Dragons are laying waste to the lands of Culldae’s father, Halga. Even when they are killed, the springs and streams dry up, and crops suffer.Rumours of where the blame lies flourish, however.Halga had once promised the dragons a gift of rings for their help. Rings he didn’t possess.Culldae has to find the rings; but no one, not even Halga, knows which rings the dragons desire.

When Swan Moon’s master Monsieur Chapelet is murdered, a Japanese officer who’d promised to take her away from Saigon is arrested. Unlike Swan Moon, Chapelet’s young heir Alan initially accepts the French Sûreté’s findings; but Japan’s surrender has enabled a heavily-armed Viet Minh to wage a vicious street war. Soon both Swan Moon and Alan realise they can’t trust anyone – least of all each other.

When the same girl appears in every dream, Zoa sets out to find her. Three times he thinks he’s succeeded, only to be told he must be seeking her far more beautiful sister. At the palace of the girls’ mother, the queen has been deserted by everyone but a maid born with an irremovable caul; a maid who serves yet never sees a prisoner held in a high tower. Could this be the girl of Zoa’s dreams?

In early Hollywood, its most sordid stories were played out off screen.And if anyone ended up in court…well, they were actors.Actors the studios had invested huge sums in. Sums they didn’t want wasted.Even when one of their own is murdered.Then the victim is sacrificed; even portrayed as the monster.I need to set the false stories to rest.Especially the ones being told thousands of years ago.

Round the back of the exclusive Carisian nightclub, you can briefly be as gorgeous as any model. Inside, see, they have a Petals Portal, bathing everyone in an aura enhancing how you look to Movie Star levels. Obviously, the Petals Glamour seeping outside the club is weakened…Which makes me wonder – just how amazing could I look if I could afford the entrance fee? And I’d do anything to find out…

Coming across a magically whirling spinning wheel in a wood’s clearing, Beith pricks herself upon a splinter; and instantly forgets why she is here.Wandering, lost, ever deeper into the valley, Beith’s efforts to remember are either helped or hindered by the otherworldly inhabitants.But the Fairy Queen has stolen the boy who’d arranged to meet Beith; and she has no intention of ever returning him.

The flight of birds, the entrails of animals, the strike of lightning; each has its own way of divulging the future.Each, too, appears to confirm that Martis must accept the arrogant Nerie’s marriage proposal. The Oracle at Delphi will make a final pronouncement, but on their journey there Nerie’s many faults become increasingly obvious.Is Martis destined to suffer a terrible marriage?Her only hope lies in a gift of Three Grapes…