Books with author Victor W. Kwok

Meet Sarah Wu, just an normal teenager who managed to get into a really exclusive boarding school, called Paladin Academy, on a scholarship. How did she get in? By showing off her hard work mastering magic, of course! Now, she will meet a variety of new people, discover a new hidden power within herself, and even reunite with her long lost brother, who also happens to be her new magic teacher! But as if things couldn’t get exciting enough, a lot of strange things has started happening. Dangerous things. Just how will she cope with it all in her first semester?NOTE: Please disregard any comments from 2013 or prior, since this a reboot of the book from back then.

Years after Xiao Mei's adventure to the Imperial Palace, she is reunited with some old friends and is sent to a temple to continue her training as a doctor. There, she will meet new people and encounter a mystery that involved her long missing mother. But there are evil forces at work trying to steal ancient secrets of the temple for themselves. The sort of secrets that could change the world forever. Will Xiao Mei get to the secret before them? Or will the world face a disaster unlike any other?

Hey, Tony here. I'm a half-Chinese teen who takes after his Scottish-descent mom and graduated college before most guys would. But enough about me, if you're reading this, you must be interested in the cases of my dad, former police detective, turned paranormal investigator, Tai-long Keung. He's a big believer in ghosts. Too bad he usually catches bad guys instead of ghosts whenever on the job.

Jay Lin knew nothing about monsters or magic before his mother remarried and he got a new step-brother. But when vampires show up to try and kidnap him, he finds himself in a world of magic where not all is peaceful. Now, with his family kidnapped, he must turn to a monster detective and her team of coffee shop running monsters to save them. But will the detective be able to solve the case? Or will these vampires called the Eripmav prove too much for a few dandy monsters to handle?

Marcus' family just inherited a mansion from Old Man Silverwest, a distant relative. So it's a new town, new school, and new friends. Just the kind of thing a newly made family needed. But all is not what it seems in the town of Fallen Oak. Cats and dogs could talk and transform. There are tiny imps that attack in swarms. And just about half of the residents are either warlocks or Faerie.As the inheritor of Silverwest's estate, it falls of Marcus to inherit Silverwest's title as a warlock, and not just any warlock, but one of the Nine, the ruling council of warlocks of Fallen Oak, with the duty to cast a magic ritual to stop demons from breaking out into our world and doing the usual evil demon stuff.When trouble strikes the town of Fallen Oak that threatens his family, Marcus will have to follow clues left behind by the warlock before him and deal with an old evil that has come back to haunt the people of Silverwest Manor. But he won't be alone. He'll have friends at his side. And with a little bit of magic, anything is possible.

A few years ago, an army of magical beings known as the Brethren, that was sealed away for many years was released by accident. Now they are getting ready to wage war against the world for the sake of all Faerie. Little do they realize that they are part of a more sinister plot. Now the chase is on for a legacy left behind by the great warlock Alexander Silverwest that might hold the key to the fate of the world. Will the Warlocks of Silverwest Manor get to the legacy first, or will the sinister force behind the Brethren finally have victory?

Marcus and the gang are back. And this time, the stakes couldn't be any higher. It has been a while since they had last vanquished the demon spirit that threatened their town. This time, someone is after the Polaris Stone, a legendary object said to house the spirit of one of the brightest stars in the sky, that would give enough power to take over the world. Someone wants it badly and will do anything to get their hands on it. But who is this mysterious new enemy? And what will he use it for? But more importantly, just where in the world did the late Alexander Silverwest hide it?

In a world like our own, but with animal people, animals that are myths in our world, and science that grants strange power and robot technology, Xiao Mei is just a doctor's apprentice. But when a new emperor takes the throne and strangers appear at her master's doorstep, Xiao Mei ends up on a journey to save her family. She will travel across the country, aided by unlikely allies, and discover truths about herself she never thought possible.

Maxwell Beckman (really Prince Maximillion) once knew a couple who were going through a Romeo and Juliet type mess. He didn’t think he’d ever see them again, but when he did, it was the start of another chain of magical chaos. When the rivaling families of the couple catch up to them, Maxwell and his friends must brace themselves for a war, all the while keeping a lookout for more sinister forces with an agenda of their own.

Meet Sarah Wu, just an normal teenager who managed to get into a really exclusive boarding school, called Paladin Academy, on a scholarship. How did she get in? By showing off her hard work mastering magic, of course! Now, she will meet a variety of new people, discover a new hidden power within herself, and even reunite with her long lost brother, who also happens to be her new magic teacher! But as if things couldn’t get exciting enough, a lot of strange things has started happening. Dangerous things. Just how will she cope with it all in her first semester? NOTE: Please disregard any comments from 2013 or prior, since this a reboot of the book from back then.

In a world like our own, but with animal people, animals that are myths in our world, and science that grants strange power and robot technology, Xiao Mei is just a doctor's apprentice. But when a new emperor takes the throne and strangers appear at her master's doorstep, Xiao Mei ends up on a journey to save her family. She will travel across the country, aided by unlikely allies, and discover truths about herself she never thought possible.