Character Profile
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Summary
Continuing with the children of the characters from the Dragons in Our Midst series and the Oracles of Fires series, characters old and new must join forces to stop a new wave of evil from invading every realm.
Stats
Genre: Tween (10-14 years) magical realism (fantasy elements in the real world) mixed with portal fantasy ("fantasy" realms entered by characters who live in the real world)
Series length: Four books, plus two quartet prequel series (twelve books total)
Violence: Moderate to strong fantasy violence
Magic/Supernatural: Strong supernatural
Romance: Minimal
Christian/spiritual element: Overt Christian content
Recommendation: Excellent for voracious readers who enjoy fantasy, high adventure, dragons, and/or Arthurian legend
You might like this book if you liked...
Percy Jackson or the legends of King Arthur.
Series length: Four books, plus two quartet prequel series (twelve books total)
Violence: Moderate to strong fantasy violence
Magic/Supernatural: Strong supernatural
Romance: Minimal
Christian/spiritual element: Overt Christian content
Recommendation: Excellent for voracious readers who enjoy fantasy, high adventure, dragons, and/or Arthurian legend
You might like this book if you liked...
Percy Jackson or the legends of King Arthur.
Opening Lines:
A winter storm is brewing. I can tell by the damp chill in the air. I hope we get blankets. Last year the guards told us they had to save the coats and blankets for the soldiers, but I don't believe them. Malice spices their words, as chilling as last February's blizzard. It was so cold one night, Ashley nearly froze to death. If not for wrapping her in my wings, I'm sure she would have died. Summer breezes thawed our bones, but autumn breezes portend another storm. Will we survive this time? |
Song of the Ovulum (Children of the Bard, Book 1)
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Matt sprawled in the mud next to Walter. Five armed prison guards surrounded him, one with a rifle pointed at his head. The other four shifted their aims wildly at dragons orbiting outside an encircling firestorm. Flames crackled. Steam billowed. Dragons and men screamed. Walter belly crawled through the mire, whispering, "Get ready. I'm calling for backup through the tooth transmitter." "Go for it." |
From the Mouth of Elijah
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Q winged shadow flitted by the motel room window, first one way, then the other, like an animated silhouette painted on the drapes. Matt lifted from his pillow and propped himself on an elbow. Was it a bird? If so, it had to be a big one, maybe an owl sweeping past. Yet, bird or not, something had ignited the danger alarm in his gut. No more sleeping, at least not until the sensation eased. From the partially closed bathroom, a narrow shaft of light illuminated the area, revealing a TV, desk, dresser, and two beds. Matt lay in the one closer to the window, while his mother and Darcy slept in the other. The pairing seemed odd--a winged woman of incomparable faith slumbering next to a young prostitute fresh from a street corner--strange bedfellows indeed. |
The Seventh Door (Children of the Bard, Book 3)
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Frozen faces, pale and grim, lay sealed under a sheet of ice--lost...forlorn...without purpose. Or so they seemed. Standing at the edge of the reservoir, Merlin kept his stare on the nebulous faces, soulless phantasms that held no thoughts as they drifted in misty swirls under the icy surface. Mindless or not, they were a bit more animated than usual. Perhaps a newly slain martyr had recently infused a surge of energy into this sacred pool. He pushed the bottom end of his walking staff into the thick ice. Radiance surrounded the smooth acacia wood and rode upward until it reached a candlestone wedged within a triple fork at the top. The candlestone, a crystalline gem about the size of his thumb, absorbed the light, made it spin around its dark core, and sent it out again in a dim yellow beam parallel to the floor. |
Omega Dragon (Children of the Bard, Book 4)
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