Books with author Luci Christian

A creature from an alien land crosses a presumably impenetrable boundary and enters the land of Fenmarsh - a humid place overspread with bogs and mires and filled with diverse and wonderful beasts. This creature has a plan. It intends to steal an artefact; a talisman that it has hunted down and yearns to possess. But, to achieve its goal, it needs some assistance. The creature is in luck! … Close at hand are some rather unsavoury neighbours most willing, at a price, to do its bidding. So, a plan is set and so too is the next great fight for survival in Evolution. Now, the dominant denizens of Fenmarsh thus far, known as marsh’ns, must contend with this newcomer and its ‘hired-help’. However, they don’t seem to be up to the task! … Until now, their favourable position in the food chain has been a little artificial; it has been manipulated by a mysterious old marsh’n by the name of Magnus Meantime. This ‘old one’ has been coming up with subtle tricks to keep the marsh’n race one step ahead of the next snap-mouthed predator in the swamp. This may not be enough this time. It is a good job that he has a plan as well. This plan involves Chek, a particularly gifted young marsh’n, who has been trying to find his place in the big wide mire. He is drawn into a not-so-chance meeting with the ‘old one’ and soon realises that not everything in the swamp is as it appears – for a start, there is a very fine line between skill and trickery! … Magnus reveals a part of his plan to the young wanderer through a series of liaisons and the pair, along with some rather oddball characters, set out to save not only a way of life, but an entire species.

Under normal circumstances, a Time Fetch sends out its foragers to collect only those moments that will never be missed or regretted. It then rests, waiting to be called back by the Keeper, who distributes the gathered time where it is needed in our world and others. When eighth grader Edward innocently mistakes a sleeping Fetch for an ordinary rock, he wakes its foragers too early, and they begin to multiply and gobble up too much time.Soonthe bell rings to end class just as it’s begun. Buses race down streets, toofar behind schedule to stop for passengers. Buildings and sidewalks begin todisappear as the whole fabric of the universe starts to unravel.To try to stop the time foragers he has unleashed, Edward must depend on thehelp of his classmates Feenix, Danton, and Brigit―whether he likes it or not.They all have touched the Fetch, and it has drawn them together in a strangeand thrilling adventure where the boundaries between worlds and dimensions areblurred, and places and creatures on the other side are much like the onesthey’ve always known―but slightly twisted, a little darker, and much moredangerous.A fast-paced tale of mythology, danger, friendship, and a shocking centuries-old secret, The Time Fetch is a magical adventure that reveals the extraordinary hiding just inside the ordinary.

What would you do if you were haunted by the loss of your father? Sharktooth's nightmares kept getting worse and worse. They finally got so bad he begged his best friend, Hammer, to help him find out the truth about what really happened to his father years ago in a battle against their sworn enemies, The Sharks From The East. Defying the elders, Sharktooth and Hammer leave the safety of their colony to search for others who might know all about the past wars. They also hoped to learn more about The One who they thought might hold the key to putting an end to Sharktooth's nightly torment. However, to their surprise, their journey sets off a chain of events that puts them and their entire colony in danger - and not just with The Sharks From The East. This is the first book in The Legendary Tales adventures.

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In the months since Pandora English left the small town of Gretchenville to live with her mysterious great aunt in a supernatural Manhattan suburb, her whole world has been turned upside down.Pandora has discovered she is the chosen one, the Seventh Daughter of a Seventh Daughter, and during the impending Revolution of the Dead, she alone will have the power to save all life as we know it. The Agitation is unfolding, building towards the Revolution, and Pandora can no longer deny the truth in these incredible prophecies. But what will she do when the moment comes? How can she stand against the army of the dead?Pandora's relationship to her spirit guide, Lieutenant Luke, is intensifying. She's had to grapple with ghosts, vampires and necromancers. Now, with the Blue Moon approaching and a new exhibition opening at The Met, which celebrates an ancient female pharaoh done wrong in antiquity, powerful forces threaten to upend the balance of life and death.Pandora is given the chance to find out what happened to her parents all those years ago, but first she must put her own supernatural gifts to the test.From the best-selling author of The Blood Countess, The Spider Goddess and The Skeleton Key