Books with author R Carlson

Since the age of five, Olin had aspired to only one goal; to get his father back into his life. At seventeen, with no success, he was willing to do almost anything to make that happen. There was nothing that could make him feel differently… or so he thought. When he was plunged into a situation where the energy of the elements was his to command, the world as he knew it was turned upside down. The gifts that ran through Olin’s blood would make him question his goal and rethink his path, all in an effort to choose well. Those same gifts would result in him being christened Spirit Warrior. But was he worthy?

How can a 15-year-old magician expect to rescue his family and king when no one else is willing to? Aldric and the war unicorn Neighbor must find and rejoin the remnant of the Farhner army, but to reach them, they need to travel through enemy territory with their only companions a band of thieves.The Farhner general is more interested in self-preservation than in saving the king and other Farhnerians. He commands Rick to work on the Bottoms' wall where the other outcasts live. Aldric is not the only one frustrated with the general’s inaction to rescue. Desertion is out of the question, yet so is doing nothing to save their king and country.Are thieves and a handful of magicians enough to hide and heal a healing unicorn? And what about the ghosts King Segan told Rick to bring? Worst yet, Rick must confront his nemesis, the witch Alyse. Is there any hope for Farhner?

Aldric and his arch-enemy Thram have less than a month to discover if other unicorns exist before the unicorn war wish is needed to protect their country from the magician Alyse and the Spikonians. They travel further than any of their countrymen, to mythical City Brandt, where they hear of a dragon who might have the answers they seek. But knowledge of the dragon’s last location comes at a price: find the lost Brandt princess, or even news of her or forfeit their lives.Aldric, Thram, and the unicorn Neighbor find the dragon, but can they get the information they need from her—both about other unicorns and the missing princess?