Books published by publisher TEMPO BOOKS

What would you do if a witch’s curse made your body melt away in the first rays of the sun and you existed only at night? A feisty girl by the name of Ino remains undaunted. To save herself from the dreadful spell, she embarks on a perilous journey through wild forests, haunted villages, and macabre realms inhabited by spirits and monsters. Ino is accompanied by her friend Oliko, a timid furry creature who concocts potions capable of curing anything from a bitter grudge to autumn melancholy. On their way, Ino and Oliko must unravel many mysteries linked to their destinies. Why has a once-prosperous town by a silver mine fallen into ruin? What magic is concealed within the artifact of Solento, and why is the vicious lord of the land of shadows so desperate to get hold of it? Whom can they trust, and who is hiding their real nature? Join the heroes on a whimsical adventure, in which solving puzzles becomes vital to their very survival. This multilayered blend of modern fantasy and traditional European fairy tale will delight children, teens, and adults.

Sunni and Blaise face their most dangerous challenge yet in their third and final adventure.When a mysterious oil lantern and a box of painted slides appear at Blackhope Tower, Sunni and Blaise are drawn back to the place where their adventures first began. When they discover that the slides conceal secrets about artist-magician Fausto Corvo, the pair find themselves once again caught up in a deadly pursuit. An old enemy is still tracking Corvo and will stop at nothing to find him. Sunni and Blaise must fight to protect Corvo’s secrets and rid themselves of Soranzo’s evil threat once and for all.

The exciting second installment in the Jack Christie adventures. (Ages 9-14)Jack and Angus’s time travels are heating up again, and this time the boys must save Queen Elizabeth I from an early death. Meeting the playwright Marlowe and a young actor named William Shakespeare along the way, Jack and Angus will have to use all their bravery and skill to thwart their archenemy, Pendleshape, and his misguided notions of changing history.

"They used to measure the passage of hours according to the fading of emotion and the dissipation of memory. That is time, they would say, trickling through us, taking the moment along with it."Before you lies a unique collection of stories; tales about feelings that linger, about the private world that emerges through the meaningfulness of another person, and the loneliness that accompanies the loss of a loved one to the swells and currents of time. Some of the stories in this book are merely several lines long, meant to capture a moment before it slips away; others contain fantastical plots, spanning many pages. From the man watching us from the time observatory and the god Élan who creates unintentional universes, to a sperm donor who cannot find meaning in life – each story contained within these pages is meant to take you back to a moment from your own life, an old memory you have left behind. Perhaps, for a brief time, you may relive them."I once knew a man who suffered from a terrible illness. Instead of love, he would see hourglasses. Over the years, the urge to flip them over when they reached their end has driven him to the point of insanity. As it does to us all.""On Love and Other Fables" is the first book by the web author Tea, whose work has been gaining attention online from an ever-growing audience for the past several years.