Books with author Ken Hughes

AN ABANDONED VILLAGE. A FURIOUS FIREBIRD. A HAUNTED DESERT LAND.'Their faces, beneath the scraps of white cloth that flapped around their heads, were difficult to see. Their eyes were black and hollow, and where there should have been a nose, mouth and chin, there was nothing but a swirling mass of sand.'One hundred years ago, the mysterious Veladin vanished into the earth. Now Kai, Indie, Nima and Jabar must find them or they'll never see Shaman Yanti again. The desert sands are shifting. Time is running out. Their only hope is a reckless wind spirit, but even the wind has secrets ...The Kalika Magic series for children 9+ is 'an engrossing tale of magic and mystery' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 'whimsical and fun, but clever enough to treat kids like they're smart' TRUTH ABOUT BOOKS, 'a wonderful addition to children's fantasy fiction' THE MUMMY PROJECT

Roshanna O'Dare wakes up in her own home in shock when she discovers part of her memory is missing and her parents are dead… With no clues of any kind as to what happened to her parents, and no other close family, Roshanna must move to Texas, Austin, to live with her last living relative, Uncle Joe after the funeral. But this means leaving her best friend, Marissa Mason behind. That’s when she meets Bodhi Vincent, her uncle’s chauffeur, who seems to understand Roshanna in a way no one else has… Bodhi is her rock after the death of her parents and the longer she stays with her uncle, the closer they become. But before moving away, Roshanna was confronted with a shocking secret that Marissa had kept from her, a secret that changes how she sees life and the people in it—Marissa is a pure soul and her foster parents are soul drainers who need her pure energy to survive. More shockingly, her parents’ souls were stolen by their murderer. When Roshanna and Bodhi try and track down Marissa’s father, Leith Mason, in order to retrieve her parents’ souls back, they find themselves held hostage at gunpoint. Will Roshanna and Bodhi survive? Will she ever find her parents souls? Or will their souls be the next ones to be taken?

An ancient magic. A broken land. A journey beyond this world ... "An engrossing tale of magic and mystery. The Shaman's Secret is well worth unlocking."THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD In the second book in the popular Kalika Magic series, Kai and Indie must leave the forest to find the missing king. As the Emperor of Moto gathers his great army in the south and the Dasa warriors prepare for battle, Kai and Indie search for the shaman who will help them on their quest. But the magic of the mountains is different to the magic of the forest. The only way Kai and Indie can succeed is if they make the perilous journey to the spirit realm to find their power animals. Can they trust the shaman? And will they discover the secret of the mountains, before it's too late?