Books with title The Chosen Union

Seth, his brother Garret, and Sara, the woman he loves, have survived the massacre of the choosing ceremony. Having been "chosen" into different roles in servitude to the kingdom, Each of them fears the unknown. As Garret strives to become blessed by the mighty Gorandor, the god of battle, Seth struggles to become one of the gray robed mages known as guardians. As hopes are dashed, and plans fail, Seth manages to become blessed with amazing magical power. Labeled a "Death Mage" Seth swears his loyalty to King Valdadore himself. In preparation for an unwinable battle, the king presses Seth to use his powers to create a new breed of troops. Against an immense enemy, the army of Valdadore is sure to crumble without the help of Seth and his new breed of hybrid wolf troops. But even with their help will it be enough to save the people of Valdadore?

Steve was just another ordinary guy living in an ordinary village, when the happiest villager he'd ever met sent him on a quest to save the world. Clueless about his goals, and manipulated by everyone he meets, is Steve destined to be a hero, or is he just a pawn in someone else's game? This middle-grade, fantasy adventure novel will be sure to engage reluctant readers, and please gamers and adventure lovers alike.

" Anyone who finds it is finding a jewel. Its themes are profound and universal." THE WALL STREET JOURNALIt is the now-classic story of two fathers and two sons and the pressures on all of them to pursue the religion they share in the way that is best suited to each. And as the boys grow into young men, they discover in the other a lost spiritual brother, and a link to an unexplored world that neither had ever considered before. In effect, they exchange places, and find the peace that neither will ever retreat from again....

Fourteen-year-old Kaia's entire life has erupted in flames after an assassin appears and burns her village down. She's rescued by priestesses who serve gods from another planet because Kaia's the descendant of their last savior. They tell her that she must help them. Together with Reeze—the only other survivor from her village and her newly appointed guardian—they set off on a quest to find the treasures of the gods in hopes of preventing a dire prophesy.Kaia and Reeze quickly meet the Tueors, a group of people many thought extinct, and they are searching specifically for Kaia. Their intention: to protect the truth. As Kaia discovers more about the truth and her family's past, she also learns of the Tueors' bloody secret. Will Kaia be the savior the gods have been waiting for? Or will she let the prophesy come true?

The series takes place in a world similar to our own but one where vampires, witches, werewolves and shape-shifters live among humans without their knowledge. These supernatural races make up a secret society known as the Night World, which enforces two fundamental laws to prevent discovery: 1) Never allow humans to gain knowledge of the Night World's existence and, 2) Never fall in love with one of them. Armed with a wooden stake, martial arts, and the will to resist a vampire’s mind control, Rachel struggles to avenge her mother’s death in The Chosen. Then she meets Quinn, her soulmate, who is part of the world she has vowed to destroy.

Out of a Baseball game that nearly became a religious war, two Jewish Boys become friends. Danny comes from the strict Hasidic sect that keeps him bound in centuries of orthodoxy. Reuven is brought up by a father patiently aware of the twentieth century. Everything tries to destroy their friendship, but they use honesty with each other as a shield and it proves an impenetrable protection.