Books published by publisher Matt Ballard

At just 15 seasons, Prince Ronan Latimer emerges from the Tournament of Knights as its youngest champion in five hundred years. A champion who's earned the right to absorb ancient Meranthian battle magic. Battle magic that places him among the ranks of an elite group of men and women dedicated to preserving Meranthian culture and upholding its law. But what should be a time of celebration ends in horror as Ronan's mother, Queen Arianne, falls victim to an assassination plot. With his life turned inside out, Ronan's thirst for revenge threatens to destroy the life of his only friend and leave the kingdom in shambles. Ronan races to unravel the key to an ancient mystery meant to restore the full power of magic before his enemies. The first part of an epic journey awash in magic, adventure, and romance travels through sprawling cities, giant forests, dangerous snow-capped mountains, and long-forgotten underground ruins.

My name is Max Ridgemont. My sister says I'm the Nerd King. I resent that. She says I resemble that. She thinks she's so smart. Wait til I'm famous from inventing a burping machine.This is my diary, except it's not a diary. It's a journal, or a blog, or a log... just not a diary 'cause diaries are for girls and wimpy kids. There's also a lot of wicked awesome pictures I drew in here too. Don't feel bad if you can't draw as well as I can. Most people can't. Oh yeah, my best friend Boogie and I are going to make millions with our new YouTube channel, and our plan is in here too. DON'T try and copy us. You'll just get upset when you don't make a million dollars and find out you're not as awesome as us.

What do you do when you get attacked by a pair of Neanderthals on your way to school?Or your girlfriend laughs at you hysterically because you're covered in blue from head to toe and look like an over-sized Smurf?Or you're worried about a Pile of Poo Monster while planning the ULTIMATE REVENGE?Find out now in Diary of a Nerd King #3: Episode 1 - Smurfs, Poo Monsters, and REVENGE!Pulling pranks is one thing, but teachers pulling pranks on each other!And at school, right in the middle of class!Then Max and Boogie figure out an EPIC prank to play on the Turtle to get him back for the Smurf prank. It's totally wicked awesome!And what's this about kissing cows?Find out in Diary of a Nerd King #3: Episode 2 - Epic Teacher Pranks, Facebook, and Cow Kissing!Those sinister pranksters, Bugster and the Turtle, are back!Boogie and Max don't even have a chance to get Bugster back for the last prank before Bugster and the Turtle get them again!And the teachers are at it again too! Mr. Grimes pulls a WICKED AWESOME prank on Ms. Bellaboo to get her back for the laptop prank she pulled on him, and all the kids end up in a packing peanut fight afterwards!What do Bugster and the Turtle do to Boogie and Max this time?How does Mr. Grimes get Ms. Bellaboo back?Find out in Diary of a Nerd King #3: Episode 3 - Brussell Sprouts, Ding Dongs, and Wheelchair Racing!In Diary of a Nerd King #3 - Episode 4 - Flying Monkey Poo, Boogie Men, and Heart Attacks4, Max debates the ulitmate question.... Where can he get a troop of monkeys to use in the Ultimate Prank?And what happens when Boogie and Max are tricked into volunteering at Shady Pines Nursing Home?Is Old Man Hankerson the answer to their Bugster and the Turtle payback problem?Can their noses survive the smell of the laundry room?And what on earth happens when their's an emergency CODE?Find out in Diary of a Nerd King #3: Episode 4 - Flying Monkey Poo, Boogie Men, and Heart AttacksJust like your favorite TV shows, Diary of a Nerd King has changed to a SERIES format, and just like your favorite TV shows, there will now be a new episode of Diary of a Nerd King every week! Instead of having to wait months for a whole new book to come out, now you can get your Diary of a Nerd King fix EVERY WEEK when each new episode is released right here on Amazon!!!What's that... you haven't met Max yet? Well then, here's Max on Max...My name is Max Ridgemont. My sister says I'm the Nerd King. I resent that. She says I resemble that. She thinks she's so smart. Wait til I'm famous from inventing a burping machine.This is my diary, except it's not a diary. It's a journal, or a blog, or a log... just not a diary 'cause diaries are for girls and wimpy kids. There's also a lot of wicked awesome pictures I drew in here too. Don't feel bad if you can't draw as well as I can. Most people can't. Oh yeah, my best friend Boogie and I are going to make millions with our new YouTube channel, and our plan is in here too. DON'T try and copy us. You'll just get upset when you don't make a million dollars and find out you're not as awesome as us.

My name is Max Ridgemont. My sister says I'm the Nerd King. I resent that. She says I resemble that. She thinks she's so smart. Wait til I'm famous from inventing a burping machine.This is my diary, except it's not a diary. It's a journal, or a blog, or a log... just not a diary 'cause diaries are for girls and wimpy kids. There's also a lot of wicked awesome pictures I drew in here too. Don't feel bad if you can't draw as well as I can. Most people can't. Oh yeah, my best friend Boogie and I are going to make millions with our new YouTube channel, and our plan is in here too. DON'T try and copy us. You'll just get upset when you don't make a million dollars and find out you're not as awesome as us.

Max went away on March Break and had the GREATEST March Break EVER, so we figured we'd better do a SPECIAL EDITION, full length, Diary of a Nerd King book so you could read all about it!It all starts when Max's best friend Boogie finds out he's going to Hawaii with his family for March break, and his parents tell him he can invite Max to come along.Just like you'd expect from Max and Boogie, the adventure gets crazy right from the start when Max has a run-in with the military security dudes at the airport. On the airplane, Max wonders if the pilot is barbecuing, and then Boogie gets the phone numbers of two beautiful Hula girls who greet them at the airport. When they arrive at the resort, Max can't believe they're at the right place. It's TOTALLY WICKED AWESOME! It has like five different swimming pools and ten different restaurants!!!No sooner had they hit the beach, than some guy comes running by them, screaming, with some kind of monster stuck on his arm! And it only gets CRAZIER from there!What's that... you haven't met Max yet? Well then, here's Max on Max...My name is Max Ridgemont. My sister says I'm the Nerd King. I resent that. She says I resemble that. She thinks she's so smart. Wait til I'm famous from inventing a burping machine.This is my diary, except it's not a diary. It's a journal, or a blog, or a log... just not a diary 'cause diaries are for girls and wimpy kids. There's also a lot of wicked awesome pictures I drew in here too. Don't feel bad if you can't draw as well as I can. Most people can't. Oh yeah, my best friend Boogie and I are going to make millions with our new YouTube channel, and our plan is in here too. DON'T try and copy us. You'll just get upset when you don't make a million dollars and find out you're not as awesome as us.

What happens when you and your best friend invent a Weather Adjustment and Manipulation Control System (or WAMS as we call it), and it disappears out of your TOP SECRET workshop?You go nuts trying to figure out who stole it, if it was actually stolen, who did it, and MOST OF ALL, where is it and how do you get it back!That’s what happened to Allan and I, and let me tell you, we sure didn’t expect things to get so TOTALLY CRAZY in our search to find the answers and get our weather machine back. My name is Ursula Von Wursula, which probably gives you a bit of a clue about me right there, especially if you're into books and movies about magic, sorcerers, witches, and make believe. You know, Harry Potter kind of stuff.I guess most people would say I'm a witch, which I really don't have a problem with, although I don't like some of the awful things people say about witches.My family has always had special abilities, for hundreds and hundreds of years according to my Mom and Dad. They have them, my grandparents do, and my great-grandparents did too. I guess you could say we're a family of witches, but it's not what you might be thinking. We don't wear all black, or fly around on brooms, or stir up witch's brews in a big cauldron under the full moon. That's just made up stuff to sell books and movies. Most of it anyways. Mostly I'm just your normal, everyday, 13 year old kid. I like Justin Bieber, although I don't like to admit it. I live in a normal house with 4 bedrooms, a sunroom on the back, and a pool in the backyard. My parents are pretty normal parents (apart from the magic thing of course). They both have normal jobs, and go to parent teacher nights at my school just like everybody else's parents.Really, if I didn't tell you I was a witch, you'd never know. Same with my parents. Nobody except a few of our magical friends knows. And Allan of course, but he's a special case.Allan is my best friend, which is probably something Miss Heather Highfallootin' looks down her perfect little nose on. She probably thinks I should have a girl as my best friend, just like she does. And I don't care.Heather's best friend is Jennifer Justright, and I don't like her anymore than I like Heather. They're just WAY TOO full of themselves. They spend all their time worrying about their hair, gossiping about the other kids (even their own friends), and making sure their clothes are the most fashionable and in-style they can get. BOOOOOOORRRRING! Allan and I have MUCH better, MUCH more interesting things to do, like working on our inventions like the weather machine.

Ronan, revealed as a legend on Maylin, a second invasion of earth looms. With his newly discovered power, Ronan must unlock the secrets contained in the orb left behind during the attack on Prynesse. Through the orb, Ronan discovers the Keeper who built the portal. A Keeper named Ruin who is every bit Ronan's equal. Ruin launches a mental attack that leaves Ronan crippled and doubting his ability to win. Ronan must work with his allies to find a way to control his power and defeat Ruin. Ronan's failure will end a way of life for two races and throw humanity into slavery. It's on the alien planet of Ickaret where Ronan must make his final stand. Ronan's Stand marks the fourth and final installment of the Echoes Across Time series.

With the dragons tamed, King Ronan Latimer seeks to force Tara and the baerinese army from Meranthia's shores. But on a scouting mission, Ronan finds women and children among the invaders. The king must make a decision. Commit genocide against innocent baerinese or save humanity. Ronan constructs a shield powered by human souls; a shield meant to contain the invaders. When his magic fails, thousands die, including a trusted ally. Devastated, Ronan seeks guidance from the dragons. On his arrival at Dragon's Peak, Ronan discovers a new threat to humanity - a threat that leaves both races vulnerable to annihilation and requires humans and baerinese to join forces. Ronan races to restore his magic and unite two warring races before Earth is overwhelmed by an ancient enemy.

A new king reigns atop the Meranthian throne. King Ronan Latimer finds victory comes with a cost. With magic's full restoration, barriers that have kept Meranthia safe for two millennia collapse leaving its borders exposed. A powerful necromancer, Tara, leads a long lost race across the sea to Meranthia's shores. Shores that she last saw 2000 years in the past. Ronan pushes his magical limits to the brink against a foe intent on creating an undead army and claiming Meranthia's crown for her own. During his epic journey, Ronan unlocks secrets of Meranthia's hidden past. Secrets of the human soul. Secrets that change his life forever.