Books with author Tim Shoemaker

Seventeen-year-old Alayne Worth is an Elemental Water-Wielder. All she wants is to master her talent and live a normal life, but the sudden escape of a feared criminal leaves her family reeling and threatens to keep her from achieving her dreams, especially when the criminal's reach pushes too close to home.Secret pasts, strange powers, and tense relationships weave a tangled net around her. As she leaves home to cultivate her skills at an Elemental training center, she clashes with a disturbing reality: both good and evil forces covet Alayne's unusual gifts, and each side is willing to do almost anything to obtain them.As Alayne confronts the battle for the power she possesses, she must discover the truth of who she is.Air-Earth-Water-FireFour ElementsFour PowersFour PathsMARK OF FOUR

Alayne Worth possesses the Vale, an object of mysterious power coveted by other Elementals. Danger shadows her every step when this secret spreads. As she grieves the sudden death of her boyfriend at the hands of the notorious Shadow-Caster, Simeon Malachi, Alayne unravels the mysteries of the Vale and her past.When she returns to Clayborne to pursue her Elemental training, Alayne is plagued by disturbing visions that predict a dark future. As an ominous Alliance of pure-blood Elementals spreads intolerance across the Continent, Alayne’s visions show evidence of the truth--and reveal a deadly danger to her loved ones. Alayne must conquer her fears and use her power to muster an uprising that will obliterate the only way of life she's ever known.

Clayborne Training Institute, a school for teen Elementals, has fallen beneath a sweeping nationwide coup led by the Elemental Alliance, a party of power-hungry sectarians. Having narrowly escaped the fight for the school, Alayne Worth, Quadriweave and possessor of the Vale, flees Clayborne with twenty-three desperate students seeking the headquarters of the Last Order, the underground organization planning to wrest control from the Alliance. Danger shadows her steps as the struggle for the Vale and its power stalks ever closer to home.Conflicts, perils, enemies, and rebellions push Alayne toward a cataclysmic battle that threatens to rend CommonEarth at the seams, and the Vale is the linchpin that decides the victory or the defeat. When those closest to Alayne threaten her possession of the Vale, will she and the world in which she lives survive the fallout?

Wanted by King Sebastian, Kinna, the long-hidden daughter of the assassinated King Liam, flees for her life, determined to seek out her twin brother and free him from Sebastian's dungeons. Meanwhile, the King holds Kinna's adopted father as collateral to ensure she keeps her betrothal to a man she does not love.Once cursed by King Sebastian to turn everything he touched to ash, Ayden suffers from new, searing pain that heats his flesh in a different way. Searching for answers, he digs into the histories of West Ashwynd's Clans, and his discoveries lead him to the Amulet he'd thought had rid him of his curse. When he finds a rare Mirage Dragon, hope for vengeance upon Sebastian fills him again.Captured and stripped of his power as Dragon-Master, Cedric resists using his Dragon-speak to advance Sebastian's political aims. When he escapes the King's clutches, he resolves to find his twin sister, Kinna. But the enemy has a long reach, and Cedric's chains are unrelenting.Ice and agony torment Sebastian, King of West Ashwynd. His fury rages unabated as he prepares for war. When treachery leeches into his ranks, he turns against everyone he trusts. Sebastian believes he cannot be outwitted but...Kingdoms rise and fall; wars transform nations—but who can survive the fires of Dragons?

After the Battle at ClarenVale, Kinna Andrachen unites those who spurn King Sebastian's tyrannical reign, mustering a rag-tag army of soldiers and creatures to face Sebastian's far larger Lismarian army. Victory is elusive and allies are scarce, but Kinna's tenacious spirit cannot succumb to injustice. Her fiery heart must learn to lead.At last mastering control of the four Touches of the powerful Amulet, Ayden finds himself at the center of an epic struggle to destroy the corruption that has tainted the throne of Lismaria for centuries. As time runs out, his options for survival fade, surrendering him to a dark destiny.Tied to a fate he does not want, Cedric Andrachen resists his inheritance, fleeing the lust for power it sparks in him. As war looms, Cedric faces his choices: will he turn his back on his throne and his kingdom? Or will he enter the struggle against tyranny, bringing the freedom his people have so long sought?Sebastian sits, at last, on the Lismarian throne, stolen from him twenty years prior. But now the Rebellion, led against him by his niece and nephew, threatens his security from across the Channel, and the Amulet's promise of power tempts him into even darker shadows. Ghosts of the past brutalize Sebastian's present until the lines of reality blur with nightmare.Flames of war ignite between nations. Peril threatens the Andrachen line.Who will survive the inferno?

Camp Cory's amazing culture and traditions are captured in this collection! Here are the lyrics to the songs, the frameworks of the campfire stories, and notes on their histories and origins. Camp Cory, located in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, is one of the oldest summer camps in the world, and continues to have its own unique personality. This volume is a helpful reference to current staff, former staff, current campers, former campers, or anyone who is interested in learning more about Camp Cory's amazing songs and stories, as they were sung and told around the year 2010. Also included are appendices: Appendix A relates the histories and origins of certain songs and stories, Appendix B lists songs and stories that were not included in this collection, and Appendix C lists the songs and stories in alphabetical order for easy reference.

Joey has always been fascinated by stones and gems. One day his home winds up getting destroyed by a huge volcanic explosion, so his family goes to visit his grandfather until they find a new place.Once they all arrive there, his grandfather decides to take him on the journey of a lifetime. He takes Joey to a magnificent city that he's been wanting to visit his entire life.

Jay Storm wakes up an ordinary teenager on a seemingly ordinary day. Trudging along through his morning routine, Jay meets up with his friends on their morning walk to school. When their neighbors and strangers on the street begin attacking them like rabid animals, they realize their world has forever changed. Jay and his friends must band together and transform from a group of students into a team fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies.

Mason thought today was going to be like every other day. He did not suspect that when he laid down for a rest, a hidden ability within his DNA would become active. Soon, he was going to have a DREAM like none he has ever had before. Do you have the heart to sail with a pirate? Can you help save an alien race? Will you be able to bring peace upon a mystical and mysterious land? Travel with Mason through time and space, and encounter beautiful earthly beings as well as those NOT from this world.Are you ready to HYPER-NAP?

A girl who never fit in, a young man forced into an outcast's life, a boy raised without a community, and a ruler who holds the key to their destinies... Kinna has a Pixie she can't train and a head full of doubts. Her worst fears come true when she fails the Tournament entrance test. She flees her Clan in disgrace, inexplicably drawn to a Mirage, a rare Dragon she has no business training. Ayden is cursed—anyone he touches turns to ash before his eyes. He hides amongst the Dragon Clan with the only creatures he cannot hurt. When Kinna frees his favorite Dragon, his world turns upside down. Cedric grows up in isolation, fostered by an outcast Centaur. When tragedy strikes, he ventures into a strange new world of Dragons, political intrigue, and magic. Sebastian's country hovers on the brink of war. Chased from his rightful throne, he schemes to retake his kingdom by any means possible, even if it threatens an ancient agreement that underpins the foundation of his realm. Only by examining their pasts will these four find their futures. But will they survive the fires of discovery?