Books with author Ron Keith

A house swallowed by a sinkhole, and a boy who creates worlds. Is there a connection?"...Once again, Robinson infuses his characters with a wit and strong sense of investigative logic. Watching Liam figure things out is a delight. He is cerebral without being too austerely scientific in his deductions..."Ant's premonition of his friend's house being annihilated comes true when Liam's house is destroyed one Saturday evening – but not by a dreaded laser bolt from space. Instead, a massive sinkhole opens up and plunges the house deep underground with Liam and Madison inside. Could this be the work of eight-year-old Caleb, the mysterious, all-powerful, long-lost son of Ant's chauffeur? If so, he's created an incredible and frightening underground world... This is the third book in the Sleep Writer sci-fi adventure series.

It's Friday 13th, and a group of thirteen-year-old shapeshifters are sent on a rescue mission to the thirteenth floor of a highrise building where something terrible lurks.The people of Old Earth are busy rebuilding their towns and cities, putting industries back to work, and forging new communities, all the while getting to know their newfound neighbors—a parallel world full of mythical creatures, magic, and wonder!But magic isn't always good. Sometimes it's downright evil.In a newly restored city, something disturbing has happened in an office building. People have vanished without trace, and rescue teams can't get past a pack of deadly hellhounds. The situation is well beyond Old Earth's capabilities, and the authorities request the help of Miss Simone and her team of shapeshifters.Hal and his friends hope luck is on their side . . . but it's probably not.Island of Fog Book 13 will be leaking into your dimension on Friday 13th November.

Alien abduction. An out-of-body experience. And sky-whales!"...Robinson’s teenage characters talk like real kids and his dialogue is crisp. He handles all the science fiction concepts with knowledgeable confidence..."Liam, Ant, and Madison have a busy weekend when the sleep writer predicts three separate events—a flying saucer landing in the woods, a frightening mind-swapping experience, and a trip to a distant planet to save the last of a mysterious species known as the warp giants...The fourth book in the sci-fi adventure series contains three interconnected novellas full of excitement, terror, and downright weirdness.

The young shapeshifters ARE BACK in their 11th fantasy adventure!When Miss Simone sends Hal and his friends on a mission to find the fabled edge of the world, they set sail with a crew of goblins and soon run afoul of a sea monster. But instead of sinking to the bottom of the ocean, their crippled ship is carried by a giant turtle to a place beyond their wildest dreams.So begins their journey to a magical place inhabited by immortals and littered with shipwrecks and bones. There's a very good reason why nobody has ever returned to tell the tale of Haven...Full of wondrous (and terrifying) creatures, the eleventh book in the magical Island of Fog fantasy series explores the legends of eastern yokai folklore and delivers action and excitement for middle-grade readers and up. This is a complete story in itself, a great place to jump in and meet the young shapeshifters if you haven't read the other books in the series.

If you could transform into a creature of myth and legend . . . what would you choose?This is the dilemma facing 12-year-old Travis on his first day as a shapeshifter. He's ready to use his new ability to go on missions like his famous parents, to save people from menace and danger, to be a hero just like them. And since it's against the rules to be a dragon, his next best option is a wyvern.When hunters cross into his world and snatch a harmless unicorn, Travis is quick to transform and fly into action. Perhaps too quick. Who could have known he'd stumble across an illegal private zoo filled with exotic creatures, run by a man with a witch at his side?So begins the first in a series set in the ISLAND OF FOG universe but with a new generation of characters. Each book is a self-contained story following the adventures of Travis and his friends—a magical fantasy with shapeshifters and creatures from myth and legend. Good, clean, sometimes scary fun for young readers and suitable for adults too.

Magic has been nullified by a phoenix. Now shapeshifters are as ordinary as everyone else.But there's hope. To the east lies Bad Rock Gulch where goblins mine for a special kind of energy. This place has a cavern deep underground known as the Chamber of Ghosts where the shapeshifters might be able to replenish their magic – to recharge. Problem is, the chamber is haunted.It's here that Hal receives a warning his life is in danger. What unfolds changes his perspective on everything he knows, and he soon finds himself alone, trying to persuade his friends to see things his way. Set on a course of action that everyone thinks is foolhardy and dangerous, he's plagued by doubt but resolves to see it through no matter what...With mountain trolls, a village of werewolves, underground ghosts, a boy from the past, and a trio of thundering helicopters carrying a cargo that will change the world, the sixth book in the series literally goes out with a bang.

Hal Franklin and his friends have made it safely into Miss Simone's world. As shapeshifters, some of them are looking forward to meeting their alternate kind. But others dread the prospect. Dewey, for instance, quickly feels the pressure of being a centaur. Meanwhile, Lauren and Hal are quaking in their shoes. The village in the north is under constant attack from harpies and dragons, and these vicious creatures must somehow be reasoned with and persuaded not to plunder and steal, and most importantly, not to eat humans! The trouble is, neither harpies nor dragons are interested in negotiating. Hal and his friends join forces to deal with these serious issues. They end up in the heart of dragon country, down in the Labyrinth of Fire beneath an oozing volcano. Somehow they must make the dragons see the error of their ways. Their quest forces them to question the extent of their shapeshifting abilities... and this leads to a shocking discovery that is likely to start a war.

Shapeshifters. Mermaids. And a shapeshifting mermaid!A lake deep in the woods is home to beautiful, enchanting creatures known as the miengu water spirits. They're like mermaids but have a dark and mysterious side. One of them, Jolie, was born a shapeshifter like Hal and his friends, and she can walk on land. Their task? To bring her home.Sounds simple enough.It's said the miengu can heal the sick, so Jolie will be an invaluable asset around the village if she agrees to stay awhile. Then again, it's also said these lake people are sirens, using their enchanting beauty to lure ships onto rocks.While she appears sweet-natured on the surface, there's definitely more to her than meets the eye. The boys are besotted and can't decide if she's delightful... or deadly.

What happens when a shapeshifter dragon is bitten by a werewolf?Everyone in the village is looking at Hal with suspicion. Even his friends are wary. Not only did he blow up Bad Rock Gulch and create havoc across the land, now he has werewolf blood coursing through his veins. It's time to get away for a while – and he has just the mission!Recalling a vision of a long-lost boy named Chase, and armed with clues as to his whereabouts, Hal sets off with a few friends on a journey to find him as well as the elusive shapeshifter twins Bo and Astrid, a couple of sphinxes who also vanished without a trace.Finding them might just answer more questions than they could possibly imagine...The seventh book in the series explores Miss Simone's childhood and brings home an important scientific breakthrough.

Young shapeshifters Travis and Melinda are tasked with visiting the infamous Haunted Fortress to uncover its dark secrets.The residents of Hemlock, a small seaside village, have been seeing a phantom figure on and off for the past two hundred years. The phantom has many names – Screeching Witch, Fiery Goddess, Ghoulish Ghost, and Mechanical Lady for starters – but she's mostly known as the Snake Lady, a naga who appears out of thin air and then vanishes again.The fortress is something to behold, floating above the sea just off the coast. And what's with the block of ice in the main chamber? Not only does it refuse to melt despite repeated attempts at thawing, the naga folk in the nearby woods suggest it contains a perfectly preserved corpse and should be left well alone.Miss Simone disagrees. With Travis as a super-heated cherufe and Melinda as a naga girl, their two-pronged mission is to melt the ice and debunk the phantom...HAUNTED FORTRESS is the fourth installment in the Island of Fog Legacies series.

"...one of the best novels I've read regardless of genre; it haunted me for several days after I read it. Read this novel regardless of your age; I doubt you'll be disappointed, and your mind may be stretched a bit. The final ten percent blew me away." -Piers Anthony, New York Times bestselling author of the Magic of Xanth (full review at HiPiers.com, July 2015 newsletter)Everything changes for twelve-year-old Liam when a girl moves in next door. Madison is fifteen, pretty, and much weirder than she seems.Sometimes when she's sound asleep, she scrawls a message on a notepad by her pillow. She finds these cryptic words when she wakes the next morning - a time and a place. But for what? Liam and best friend Ant join her when she goes hunting around a cemetery late one night, and life is never the same again...So begins one freaky adventure after another involving all manner of aliens, monsters, and ghouls. SLEEP WRITER is the first in a wild sci-fi series by the author of ISLAND OF FOG.

Shapeshifters Hal, Robbie, Abigail, and Emily are trapped in the old world with no magic, no means to get home... and no shapeshifting ability!As if that's not bad enough, Emily is sick and worsening by the hour. They have to make it to safety soon. But where is safe? The abandoned city? Their old island?The desperate shapeshifters face an enemy worse than dragons and other mythical creatures – people! But not just ordinary people. Driven crazy by a terrible virus more than a decade before, and eking out a life on the deserted streets ever since, the only way for these gangs to survive is to hunt and scavenge. Known as scrags, and marked by lesions and scars, they're easy to recognize... and best avoided.Easier said than done.