Books with title The Darklings

A new queen rules the world.Only the Gallows Girl knows she is a tyrant.The Saints have prevailed. The chancellor has been defeated, and a new empire has risen in his place. An empire built by lowborns and sorcerers from many nations. Led by the newly crowned Queen of Light, Medea Lorzarre, they seek to spread their message of freedom and revolution across the New World. Only the Gallows Girl knows that the queen has fooled them all. Believed to be dead and stripped of her magic and allies, Tori Burodai longs for a chance to expose the Darkling Queen for what she truly is. Her quest for allies takes her to new and dangerous parts of the world. But Medea is not the only looming threat.The chancellor maneuvers his way into a new position of power, with a terrible scheme to take back his throne, no matter the cost. Meanwhile, a new threat lurks in the shadows. A mysterious hunter who is abducting sorcerers across the Southern World for an unknown purpose.All dark secrets must come to light, but the truth may change everything.Can Tori find a way to regain her magic and resist the Darkling Queen?If she fails, the revolution she began may succeed in destroying the world. Don't miss the thrilling third installment of the Shadow Watch series!

What is this fine black powder that leaks from Hugo’s eyes? Does it have anything to do with his stolen night with Kelsey? Did he somehow give it to her? Is he responsible for this entire outbreak? He was the only one outside in the middle of the night when he first saw the darkness cover the sky like clouds. Now it’s hit the whole town like a plague.The Darklings is a teen love story and thriller set in the ashes of California's wildfires. Follow a circle of high school friends through doubt and distrust, accusation and blame, and riots and fire to eventual redemption in the rich world of wineries and mansions in Sonoma County.?

A new queen rules the world. Only the Gallows Girl knows she is a tyrant.The Saints have prevailed. The chancellor has been defeated, and a new empire has risen in his place. An empire built by lowborns and sorcerers from many nations. Led by the newly crowned Queen of Light, Medea Lorzarre, they seek to spread their message of freedom and revolution across the New World. Only the Gallows Girl knows that the queen has fooled them all. Believed to be dead and stripped of her magic and allies, Tori Burodai longs for a chance to expose the Darkling Queen for what she truly is. Her quest for allies takes her to new and dangerous parts of the world. But Medea is not the only looming threat.The chancellor maneuvers his way into a new position of power, with a terrible scheme to take back his throne, no matter the cost. Meanwhile, a new threat lurks in the shadows. A mysterious hunter who is abducting sorcerers across the Southern World for an unknown purpose.All dark secrets must come to light, but the truth may change everything.Can Tori find a way to regain her magic and resist the Darkling Queen?If she fails, the revolution she began may succeed in destroying the world. Don't miss the thrilling third installment of the Shadow Watch series!

In this light-hearted and action-packed adventure for all ages, Gabriella Caprella, a young mouse with a singing voice like an angel, travels from her home in 1912 New York City to beautiful Venice to claim her inheritance as the new Contessa d’Asiago. With the help of her friend, the bat Mercurio, she fends off persistent suitors, nasty relatives, bloodthirsty vampires, and would-be usurpers, while learning to be a contessa worthy of House d’Asiago and pursuing her dream to sing at Il Gran Teatro La Sala, Venice’s most famous opera house. Gabriella’s life becomes even more complicated when she discovers her friendship with Mercurio, son and heir of King Icaruso--sworn enemy of earthbound creatures (aka “grounders”) and of House d’Asiago especially, is deeper and more confusing than she’d imagined. With danger lurking behind every wall and rafter, and the seemingly hopeless rift between the grounders and bats of Venice, will Gabriella and Mercurio survive to help heal the City? Or will they wind up floaters on the Grand Canal?

5 Stars: I adored reading this book. The characters aren't wafer thin, they have depth and history. The Darkling Wind was a wonderful read, with wonderfully written scenes which pulled you in and made you believe it was truly happening... A great love vs evil story... I'd recommend this book to anyone, young or old. It's a feel good story you won't be able to put down. -Smashwords Review4 Stars: This is a very well-written, good-versus-evil story that will capture a young reader's imagination. The main character has to deal with both emotional and physical challenges that I expect will make the reader pause and wonder how they would react in those circumstances. I look forward to hearing my daughter's comments after she's finished the story. -Smashwords Review5 Stars: Highly Enjoyable Read!I HIGHLY recommend this read! I very rarely go online to write reviews... It's certainly a very different story type, nothing typical... much more interesting than the Synopsis makes it sound. Please do give it a chance. -Nook Review5 Stars: ...A first rate writer... that rare ability to combine original and intriguing characters, locations and plot into a work of pure perfection.- Goodreads ReviewSynopsis:Ben always thought his grandfather's bedtime stories about darklings were fairytales. The sinister creatures were supposed to be make-believe. That was before they invaded his town. Now, half the people in town have gone missing and the rest are trying to kill him. The only person who knew the truth about the darklings was his grandfather, but he seems to have vanished.With the help of his best friend Sara, Ben must unlock the secrets to this mysterious invasion and find a way to banish the darklings before they destroy the entire town and kill everyone he loves. What Ben doesn't realize is that he's the last in a long line of magical warriors known as Lightbringers, and it's his destiny to stop the darklings... or die trying.

WINNER: 2016 WA Premier's Book Awards, Children's BooksSHORT-LISTED: 2015 CBCA Picture Book of the YearSHORT-LISTED: 2015 NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's LiteratureGrandpapa's eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long-ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring the light to Grandpapa's eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle and wing!The Duck and the Darklings is a triumphant story, for children and adults, about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship and the splendour of a new dawn.Selected by the International Youth Library as a White Raven 2015 book.

An extraordinary and enchanting story of friendship, hope, and joy about a young boy who wants to find something special for his grandfather, and finds a fallen duck in need of care Grandpapa's eyes shine when he remembers the beauty of the world, long-ago. Peterboy wants to find something wonderful to bring to light to Grandpapa's eyes and keep it there. What he finds is a duck, wounded and broken, and Grandpapa mends her from top to tail; quack, waddle, and wing! This is a triumphant story about the coming of hope in dark days, the warmth of friendship, and the splendor of a new dawn.

In this light-hearted and action-packed adventure for all ages, Gabriella Caprella, a young mouse with a singing voice like an angel, travels from her home in 1912 New York City to beautiful Venice to claim her inheritance as the new Contessa d’Asiago. With the help of her friend, the bat Mercurio, she fends off persistent suitors, nasty relatives, bloodthirsty vampires, and would-be usurpers, while learning to be a contessa worthy of House d’Asiago and pursuing her dream to sing at Il Gran Teatro La Sala, Venice’s most famous opera house. Gabriella’s life becomes even more complicated when she discovers her friendship with Mercurio, son and heir of King Icaruso--sworn enemy of earthbound creatures (aka “grounders”) and of House d’Asiago especially, is deeper and more confusing than she’d imagined. With danger lurking behind every wall and rafter, and the seemingly hopeless rift between the grounders and bats of Venice, will Gabriella and Mercurio survive to help heal the City? Or will they wind up floaters on the Grand Canal?

It was a morning like any other, frigid and gray, when Emily Snow took to the streets of Victorian London to earn the pennies that would keep her and her little brother alive for another day. But a chance turning took her through a dark alley, where she witnessed an extraordinary battle between fierce creatures no taller than her knee.Emily can see the world of Faerie. And once seen, she cannot turn away; once engaged, she must join in the latest battle in a war that has been waged for centuries. Doing nothing is not an option, for the Invisible Order—a secret army dedicated to preserving our world against the Faerie—knows about Emily, and its members will do anything to control her. For Emily, her brother William, and their friend, the street thief Spring-Heeled Jack, this winter morning is a turning point, and hereafter their lives will be entwined with the Invisible Order, and with Faerie....

“Enter the Darkling” is an enchanting mythical tale told in the rhyme and rhythm of verse. To enhance the telling there are beautiful and detailed illustrations which will thrill and magnify the reader’s imagination. The tale takes place in an ancient period of time when magic, monsters, spirits and mystical beings existed. It is a mystery that not many humans would ever hear of for it is a Fay or fairy legend about a much feared, tiny and very strange Fay creature with special abilities. The journey within is a tale of the before and after this “Darkling” was born, of betrayal and dangers faced, lessons learned, wisdom gathered and about this Darkling’s possession of unique powers that would possibly someday affect the Fay as well as human kind. It is a story that begs to be read aloud. One might ask why the author chose to write in verse. Amidst her “24/7” caregiving job at the time, it was not only a way to express herself creatively, but also to focus on something and relieve stress. The writing and drawing did not need a special room or workplace, could be put away at a moment’s notice and picked up again with ease. The choice was to work in a more complex form, one which engendered focus as with crossword puzzles or mathematical puzzles like sudoku. The story is written in verse chapters with a single line repeat at the chapter’s end. Each titled chapter has six stanzas with six lines of verse rhyming every two lines (aa, bb, cc); and each line’s non-classical meter is comprised of 15 syllables (stressed and unstressed). Her rather strict self imposed requirements are a reflection of the limitations she experienced in her personal life and became her way to transform them into a compelling, coherent story that would be intriguing and delightful to read. Two samples of the 15 syllable lines of six line stanzas: I. The Flight One midnight in a dark hollow crouched a wretched group of three Shivering but well sheltered beneath twisted roots of a tree, Threatened by growing despair with naught for warmth but each other— The larger figure hugged the smaller ones like any mother Unfolding glistening wings to spread over them for cover, And began to sing an ancient song of a dark moon lover. The Ballard was a song of old earth, of a long ago time Filled with great magic, dream worlds, and wizardry when mystic rhyme Could create, keep safe or hinder, move or change forms, free or bind; And she sang to an elfin melody enchanting the mind, So that the magical tale was envisioned, cares were forgot, And the enrapt listeners wondered on these things that were not.