Books with author keith robertson

Eleven-year-old Melinda Strickland is setting out on her first mission as a shapeshifter—to save a town from unruly gargoyles.The ugly stone creatures have been perched on the rooftops of Garlen's Well for decades, warding off evil spirits, but lately they've grown mischievous and downright destructive. Somebody needs to talk to them, find out what's going on, and persuade them to be more respectful of private property.That somebody is Melinda, daughter of famous shapeshifters Robbie the ogre and Lauren the harpy. But what kind of creature will she get to be? Travis Franklin accompanies her on the trip west, though Melinda is keen to point out she's in charge, not him. He's only a dragon, after all.Nothing ever goes as planned. What promises to be a fairly routine mission turns into something quite deadly . . .GARGOYLE SCOURGE is the third installment in the Island of Fog Legacies series.

Giant bugs. A powerful phantom energy. And zombie aliens!Liam and Ant are intrigued by Madison's latest cryptic message hinting at an invasion of Earth. Shortly after, they're caught up in a terrifying attack by giant bugs, which leads to a planet where eerie statues come alive, and a trip through a wormhole to a cloudstation floating above a battleground.And of course there's the briefcase containing an alien entity...The fifth book in the sci-fi adventure series contains three interconnected novellas full of excitement, terror, and downright weirdness.

The shapeshifters battle an old enemy in the first of an epic two-part story!Everything is quiet in the village. Perhaps too quiet.When nighttime intruders take dozens of hostages, Hal and his friends find themselves up against a familiar enemy: the dreaded scrags of Old Earth.The constant threat of executions renders the shapeshifters powerless to do anything to help. Instead, they're forced to cooperate and spend time in the dreaded Prison of Despair, a dismal place in the woods with an insidious curse.Hal and his resourceful shapeshifter friends have to find ways to escape the prison undetected. But in doing so, they discover the true reason the scrags have walked into the village... and it looks like the real trouble is just getting started.

Thomas Patten is no ordinary boy.He and his classmates grew up on a foggy island, each destined to become a shapeshifter, able to transform into a fabulous creature of myth and legend.But Thomas's first transformation came earlier than expected. Frightened, he ran away and got himself hopelessly lost in an unfamiliar forest and an entirely different world. Now, six years later, he must choose between a continued life with manticores in the forest... or a return to human society.EYE OF THE MANTICORE is a companion novella to the Island of Fog series, best read after the first three books.

Dragons are popular as never before—and here they pop up in fire-breathing action!Five dramatic dragon stories from around the world, including Beowulf and the Firedrake, St. George and the Dragon, and those from ancient China and Japan come to life, literally flying from the pages. Dynamic paper-engineering has these magnificent dragons snapping their jaws, casting fire, and flapping their massive wings. A book sure to be a hit with dragon-lovers of all ages.

What would you do if you were turned into a robot?"... fun, energized read ... sophisticated plot ... a great read for any age."Liam is kidnapped by a small robot and taken into space. There he meets the Ark Lord, a creepy cyborg bent on recruiting a team of so-called invincible soldiers for a very specific mission. There's nothing special about Liam except that he's seen his own future, which means his chances of survival are pretty much guaranteed, making him ideal for a potentially deadly task. To help him along, the Ark Lord injects Liam with cyborg-creating nanobots... This is the second book in the Sleep Writer sci-fi adventure series.