Books with author Kevin J. Anderson

Rhosmari trembled as the Empress walked over to her. 'Oh, do not struggle. There is nowhere for you to escape,' the Empress said, her voice silken and sweet. Then she unsheathed a small dagger from her waist. 'This will only hurt a little...'Rhosmari has lived her whole life on a sheltered chain of faery islands. But with the Empress's power growing, and her desire to enslave the entire faery race becoming a reality, Rhosmari knows she must fight back...

This is a story of...“Moments Either Define or Contribute to Who You Are" is a story about not allowing the life’s mishaps to define one's outcomes. Each of the characters represents different struggles inner-city young men may face as they pursue "making it." Trouble’s story is about a young man who struggles to succeed in education while grappling with a learning disability. Hazel learns to define success outside of the indicators set before him by community norms. Homes learns to see the beauty and humanity in the toughest of life situations. While lastly, Casper’s story is about learning to finds his voice and no longer being silenced. Collectively these characters have to decide whether they will allow their moments to define or contribute to who they are.

Dragon FireThe hot new designer narcotic flooding the West Coast. It promises to take its user to the height of ecstasy, but leaves the abuser dead in a pool of their own blood.The Golden DragonThe enigmatic man who developed Dragon Fire. Powerful, cunning, relentless, brutal, unforgiving. For years he has remained elusive and untouched by numerous bodies of law enforcement.Until now...A handful of strong young men are about to unintentionally throw in their gauntlet and wage battle against this deadly foe. With the help of their enigmatic mentor, Nick James, and an overly-rambunctious A.I., they'll lay everything on the line to put an end to the Golden Dragon's reign of Fire.More of them may die before it's all over.

Rhosmari trembled as the Empress walked over to her. 'Oh, do not struggle. There is nowhere for you to escape,' the Empress said, her voice silken and sweet. Then she unsheathed a small dagger from her waist. 'This will only hurt a little...'Rhosmari has lived her whole life on a sheltered chain of faery islands. But with the Empress's power growing, and her desire to enslave the entire faery race becoming a reality, Rhosmari knows she must fight back...

Malia’s Hurricane Adventure: A Children’s StoryA Book in the LinguaDisco Language Learning SeriesWhen Hurricane Harvey slams into Houston, Texas, Malia the one-eyed-cat and her friend Sophie are abandoned to the flood and must find a way to survive.Malia’s Hurricane Adventure is or will soon be available in the following single and dual-language/interlinear versions:1.English: Malia’s Hurricane Adventure: A Children’s Story2.Español: La Aventura de Malia en el Huracán: Una Historia para Niños3.English- Spanish: Malia’s Hurricane Adventure: A Dual-Language Book (English and Spanish Edition)4.Español – Inglés: La Aventura de Malia en el Huracán: Un Libro en dos Idiomas (Edición en español e inglés)This story will also be available in audio formats in all versions to help beginning and intermediate students in English and Spanish accelerate their learning and gain fluency by simply listening to an entertaining story.For Ages 6-7 and up.

A magical murder mystery set in a fantastical city fuelled by spell power. Isaveth Breck is brave, loyal, and zealous in the pursuit of justice, especially after her father is wrongfully arrested. Quiz, the eccentric eye patch-wearing street boy who befriends her, swears he can't resist a good mystery. Together they set out to solve the magical murder of one of Tarreton's most influential citizens and save Isaveth's beloved papa from execution. But as the list of suspects grows, finding the culprit becomes more of a challenge than the two young detectives anticipated. As her father's sentencing looms closer, Isaveth depends more and more on Quiz to help her solve the mystery. But when she discovers that the boy she trusted as an equal is far more privileged than he seems, it casts his motives into doubt and puts their whole partnership in jeopardy. And then Isaveth realises that Urias Breck was deliberately framed, and that the real murderer is protected by the powerful Lord Mayor of Tarreton himself. Can she ever prove her papa's innocence in time...?

In a time of deadly crisis, Linden alone has the power to save her people.The faeries of the Oak are in danger of extinction, and their only hope for survival rests in fifteen-year-old Linden. Armed with the last of her people's magic, she travels bravely into the modern human world. Along the way she makes a reluctant ally—a human boy named Timothy. Soon Linden and Timothy discover a danger much worse than the Oakenfolk's loss of magic: a potent evil that threatens to enslave faeries and humans alike. In a fevered, desperate chase across the country, Tim and Linden must risk their lives to seek an ancient power before it's too late to save everyone they love. R. J. Anderson has artfully crafted a world of stunning magic, thrilling adventure, and delicate beauty, where the key to the future is in an unexpected, forbidden friendship.

Most young Americans know that George Herbert Walker Bush, the father of President George W. Bush, also served as president of the United States. But being president was only one facet of this remarkable man’s life.Author Ken Anderson introduces young readers to not only a former president, but also the Navy's youngest pilot during World War II, a top-notch baseball player, an innovative oilman, United Nationals ambassador and liaison to China, CIA director, congressman, and vice president. The story reveals the triumph and glory, as well as the despair and tragedy, that the former president has experienced in a lifetime of service.

Cast into exile, she must return to free her people. Banished from her underground home by Betony, the queen of the Cornish piskeys, young Ivy sets out to forge a new life for herself in the world above. But a deadly threat lingers in the mine, and Ivy cannot bear to see her people suffer while Betony refuses to believe. Somehow she must convince the queen to let them go. Her mission only becomes more complicated when Ivy starts to dream of the ancient battles between her ancestors and the spriggan folk. Who is the strange boy in her visions? Could her glimpses of his past help Ivy find a new home for her fellow piskeys? To find the answers, Ivy must outfly vicious predators, outwit cunning enemies, and overcome her own greatest fears. And when evil threatens the people Ivy loves best, it will take all her courage, faith, and determination to save them.