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Books in The Mapmaker Chronicles series

  • Breath of the Dragon

    A.L. Tait

    Paperback (Kane Miller Books / EDC Publishing, March 15, 2018)
    Adventure and danger lie just off the edge of the map in this swashbuckling trilogy.Quinn's older brothers may long for adventure, but he is content with his quiet life on the farm. Destiny, however, has other plans.The king is determined to create the first map of the world and has scoured the kingdom for boys who could become mapmakers. When Quinn is chosen for the king's training school, he's amazed - but that is nothing compared to his shock when he is selected as one of the three mapmakers and finds himself on board a ship, competing for the big prize.So begins Quinn's reluctant journey deep into the unknown, with only his photographic memory and skills learned on the farm to help him. He’s on a ship captained by a slave, with a stowaway girl on board – and a mysterious sea monster that seems to be following them. Hot on their trail are the other competitors for the king's prize, who will stop at nothing to win.Perfect for readers who love stories filled with adventure and suspense, The Mapmaker Chronicles are one-part fantasy, one-part quest, one-part high-seas action. Filled with strong, feisty characters who learn resilience, perseverance and the importance of friendship, each book transports readers to faraway lands.
  • Race to the End of the World

    A.L. Tait

    Paperback (Kane Miller Books / EDC Publishing, March 15, 2018)
    Adventure and danger lie just off the edge of the map in this swashbuckling trilogy.Quinn's older brothers may long for adventure, but he is content with his quiet life on the farm. Destiny, however, has other plans.The king is determined to create the first map of the world and has scoured the kingdom for boys who could become mapmakers. When Quinn is chosen for the king's training school, he's amazed - but that is nothing compared to his shock when he is selected as one of the three mapmakers and finds himself on board a ship, competing for the big prize.So begins Quinn's reluctant journey deep into the unknown, with only his photographic memory and skills learned on the farm to help him. He’s on a ship captained by a slave, with a stowaway girl on board – and a mysterious sea monster that seems to be following them. Hot on their trail are the other competitors for the king's prize, who will stop at nothing to win.Perfect for readers who love stories filled with adventure and suspense, The Mapmaker Chronicles are one-part fantasy, one-part quest, one-part high-seas action. Filled with strong, feisty characters who learn resilience, perseverance and the importance of friendship, each book transports readers to faraway lands.
  • Prisoner of the Black Hawk

    A.L. Tait

    Paperback (Kane Miller Books / EDC Publishing, March 15, 2018)
    Adventure and danger lie just off the edge of the map in this swashbuckling trilogy.Quinn's older brothers may long for adventure, but he is content with his quiet life on the farm. Destiny, however, has other plans.The king is determined to create the first map of the world and has scoured the kingdom for boys who could become mapmakers. When Quinn is chosen for the king's training school, he's amazed - but that is nothing compared to his shock when he is selected as one of the three mapmakers and finds himself on board a ship, competing for the big prize.So begins Quinn's reluctant journey deep into the unknown, with only his photographic memory and skills learned on the farm to help him. He’s on a ship captained by a slave, with a stowaway girl on board – and a mysterious sea monster that seems to be following them. Hot on their trail are the other competitors for the king's prize, who will stop at nothing to win.Perfect for readers who love stories filled with adventure and suspense, The Mapmaker Chronicles are one-part fantasy, one-part quest, one-part high-seas action. Filled with strong, feisty characters who learn resilience, perseverance and the importance of friendship, each book transports readers to faraway lands.
  • Ruling Passion

    Alyxandra Harvey

    Paperback (Walker Childrens, Sept. 27, 2011)
    MEET the Drakes:A darkly romantic, irresistibly alluring family of royal vampire bloodREAD Alyxandra Harvey's Ruling Passion: a haunting, humorous saga, now gathered into one juicy volume!"A refreshing take of the familiar teenage vampire drama . . . Harvey builds an engaging world of vampire cultures balanced wit a smart mix of darknewss and humor." -Publishers WeeklyA fabulous and fast-paced read! The action is superb . . . this is the perfect escape read." -Romantic TimesBind up contains:Hearts at Stake Blood Feud Out for BloodPreviously published separately as The Drake Chronicles
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  • The Firecatcher The Maddix Parker Chronicles

    Algebra Carter

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, )
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  • Flight of the Phoenix

    Dave Wolverton

    Paperback (Skylark, Oct. 9, 2001)
    When Alex O’Connell returns to Egypt to resume his training with Ardeth Bay, he expects the usual adventure — fighting evil mummies, chasing bad guys through the desert, and riding his beloved camel, Stinkwad. But Ardeth Bay has something very different in mind. It is time for Alex to be tested. Alex discovers that battling nasty mummies is a whole lot easier than figuring out exactly what he’s being tested on. All he knows is that it involves the egg of a Phoenix and that, if he fails, he will never be a true Medjai.
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  • The Mummy Returns

    John Whitman

    Paperback (Skylark, April 3, 2001)
    Ten years have passed since adventurer Rick O'Connell and his wife, Evelyn, awakened and evil mummy and barely escaped with their lives. Now Imhotep has risen from the dead once more on a quest for immortality. One buried warrior can give Imhotep eternal power—the Scorpion King. And one eight-year-old boy- the O'Connells' son, Alex—is wearing the cursed bracelet that will resurrect the Scorpion.In seven days, two dark forces will meet- unless the O'Connells can stop them both. The fate of their son- and the world- is in their hands.....
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  • Long Night Dance

    Betsy James

    Mass Market Paperback (Simon Pulse, Aug. 23, 2005)
    Sixteen-year-old Kat, child of a scandalous, disastrous marriage between a Hill woman and an Upslope man, rescues a Rigi man from the sea during the week of the Long Night Dance and begins to realize a person's value does not come from his background nor appearance. Reprint.
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  • Dark Heart

    Betsy James

    Mass Market Paperback (Simon Pulse, Nov. 22, 2005)
    Seventeen-year-old Kat's struggle to learn the ways of her dead mother's people in the hill country is complicated by her failure in the bear ceremony, a spiritual rite of passage, and her attraction to the blind outcast Raim. By the author of Long Night Dance. Reprint.
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  • Sorrow's Point

    Danielle DeVor

    Paperback (City Owl Press, Nov. 30, 2015)
    Meet Jimmy. Exorcist. Shameless. Cursed. Not All Exorcists are Equal....One is MarkedWhen defrocked ex-priest, Jimmy Holiday, agrees to help an old friend with his sick daughter, he doesn’t expect the horrors that await him. Blackmoor, his friend’s new residence, rests upon the outskirts of the town of Sorrow’s Point. The mansion’s history of magic, mayhem, and death makes it almost a living thing – a haunted mansion straight out of a Stephen King novel. Jimmy must decide if the young girl, Lucy, is only ill, or if the haunting of the house and her apparent possession are real.After the house appears to affect him as well with colors of magic dancing before his eyes, rooms warded by a witch, and a ring of power in his voice, Jimmy is met by a transient who tells him he has “the Mark.” Whatever being “marked” means, Jimmy doesn’t care. All he wants to do is help Lucy. But, helping Lucy means performing an exorcism.“Defrocked priest Jimmy Holiday's narrative voice is a strong blend of insightful, self-deprecating, and sincere.” - Publisher's Weekly ★★★★★AUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Who are you and what is your writing like?A: I’m a quirky girl from West Virginia who loves all things horror. Give me vampires, ghosts, werewolves, and other things that go bump in the night, and I’m happy as a clam. My writing reflects that as well as my sense of humor. I don’t think I’ve written anything that doesn’t have one character that provides some element of comic relief.Q: What books do you write?A: I write fantasy, horror, and now sci-fi for both young adults and adults. I’ve also dabbled with YA Paranormal Romance and would like to sink my feet into that again. And, I have an idea for a historical. But the historical requires a lot of research and is many moon off.THE MARKER CHRONICLESSORROW’S POINT (book 1)SORROW’S EDGE (book 2)SORROW’S TURN (book 3)SORROW’S LIE (book 4)Q: Why should readers pick up your books?A: The Marker Chronicles is one of those weird stories. It’s about exorcism and told from the point of view of the exorcist. But, Jimmy Holiday isn’t your ordinary exorcist. He’s something else. Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to jump into a world of magic, suspense, and chilling tales of ghosts, witches, and of course, exorcists!
  • Listening at the Gate

    Betsy James

    Hardcover (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, March 7, 2006)
    After returning home from a self-imposed exile to avoid a forced arranged marriage, Kat finds her homeland involved in a dangerous war and so turns to Nall, a man who appeared to her from the depths of the ocean, for help in saving her brother and restoring peace to the place she loves.
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  • Maddy the Dragonslayer

    Charlene M Cavers, Margaret Cavers May

    Paperback (FriesenPress, Dec. 19, 2017)
    What happens when you take a West Highland Terrier and place her on a farm in northern British Columbia? Adventure and heroic deeds! Children will delight in the tales of Maddy the Westie, a loveable character based on a real-life dog. "Maddy the Dragon Slayer" is the first of ten stories in this exciting new series, The Maddy Chronicles. She's a little dog with a great big personality! In this story, Maddy, in typical Westie fashion, dons her superhero cape and saves the day as an ominous figure moves closer to her people's home....