Books with author Lisa Hughes

The tides are turning and evil has its turn to be in control It was written long ago in the books of creation. Since the beginning of time good and evil have shared the worlds with a kind of uneasy understanding that each must exist to balance the other out. Many changes have occurred with the Keepers and suddenly they find themselves on the losing side of the scale. Evil has now taken control of the surface of the worlds, all seven of them, and all that is good has now been forced below to hide in caves and wait for their chance to fight back. The older Keepers are dying off. Sara, Thomas and James have gone to the afterlife to find a way to defeat Braccus, leaving Alice, Randall, Eric, Finola, Vincent and Franklin as the new guardians of what is left of the civilized worlds. The surface is ruined, everything is dead or dying. How can the Keepers make a difference after death and save what is left of the human population from the monsters that now roam the surface, restlessly seeking a way to get below and finish destroying the people hidden there

What Happens When Magical Powers Can't Be Turned Off?A year after restoring the balance of good and evil to the magical Land of the Keepers, young Sara, James and Thomas are laying low — living separately to protect them from the vanquished members of Garren that they helped defeat. But it’s not the only danger they face. Suddenly, the magical powers they possess begin to possess them. Sara’s the first to notice: her powers now include the ability to control weather. But as she begins to use them, the powers run amok, leaving a trail of freak snowstorms and record heat waves. Meanwhile, people around them are mysteriously disappearing; simply vanishing into thin air.Now, the three of them must reunite in the Land of the Keepers to learn to control their awesome powers and fix whatever is stealing people away. It is there they discover there is much more to their enemy, the hate-filled Garren, than they realized. The battle is just beginning; and before it is over, someone will have to pay a very high price to keep several worlds safe.Packed with adventure, this second entry in The Sara Chronicles is a fast-paced and savvy fantasy thriller that will keep you guessing right up until the shocking finale.

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