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Faced with an impossible choice, Skylar and the other descendants embark on a deadly quest to the underworld to confront Hades, who has been plotting to kill them all.    They discover the ancient gods are not dead, as once believed, but are instead held captive in a secret location. In order to...

`The mighty Airavata would stretch his trunks into water reservoirs, suck up the water and then spray it into the clouds?? He was the mighty white elephant, who could weave clouds and create rain. He was Lord Indra?s magnificent mount, who could make any demon quake in fear. First among all elephants,...

This book is a collection of children's stories, created to develop the minds of young kids whilst teaching them valuable life lessons and inspiring imaginations. Suited to both young boys and girls and read to my own children, every story introduces your child to a magic world before sending them peacefully off to sleep.

Once upon a time there lived a terrible dragon, who came out of the North, and lands were destroyed in parts of the country, devouring both men and animals; and this monster was so destructive that it was feared that unless help came no living creature would be left on the face of the earth.Take the journey of how Geoffrey was able to destroy this wicked dragon with a secret weapon.

Psycho. Sick. Dangerous. Réal Dufresne's reputation precedes him. When the mangled body of his best friend, Shaun, turns up in a field just east of town, tough-as-hell Réal blames himself. But except for the nightmares, all Ré remembers is beating the living crap out of Shaun the night of his death....

Who's got time for homework when your problems involve evil sorcerers? Wanda should be studying for a quiz, avoiding the bullies at her new school and living a normal tweenage life. But, she is called upon once more to be a savior of the fairies, a protector of the fey, a Crystal Keeper. Bees...

Along the Great Rift, in the heart of the volcano Ixal, Valshhyk the Immolated is stirring. The creatures corrupted by his putrid fumes are growing in number daily. Within the fiery walls of Sinista, the amberrock swords, axes and lances of an army of outcasts gleam, waiting. The day is drawing near...

Steven Lee always thought that having superpowers would make him happy, make life easier, and make everything more fun. He was wrong. Steven, now 16 years old, has spent years living with the power of the Tiger. But now, on the edge of a catastrophe that could destroy not only Steven and his super...

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 155 In this 155th story in the Baba Indaba’s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the Irish fairy tale about The White Trout. Many, many years ago in the little village of Cong, in Co. Mayo, a maiden waited patiently for her betrothed, the son of a King, to come...

Handsomely illustrated treasury includes fifteen beguiling tales that teem with youthful heroes, lovely maidens, and menacing sorcerers and giants. Compiled by noted Irish folklorist Padraic Colum, the stories will enchant today's audiences as much as they enthralled listeners centuries ago.

Before he ruled Ravka, before he was the Darkling, he was just a lonely boy with an extraordinary gift. In this prequel story to the New York Times-bestselling Grisha Trilogy, Leigh Bardugo takes us into Ravka's mysterious past, when Grisha lived as fugitives and the Darkling took his first steps...

Two-and-a half millennia after it was created, Homer's Odyssey remains one of humanity's most memorable adventure stories. In this re-creation of Homer's classic as a young adult novel, we see the aftermath of the Trojan War through the eyes of Alexi, a fifteen-year-old Trojan boy. Orphaned by the...

I am the great and mighty Zeus, mortal- give me one good reason why I shouldn't smite you here and now!'Alex's class are learning about the Ancient Greeks. That's why Alex makes a temple (out of loo rolls and a cornflakes box) for the Greek god Zeus. He doesn't expect the god himself to turn up, borrow...

**A novelette. Average read time is 90 minutes or less.  Chivalry isn't dead. ** The enchanted wood lured Guinevere into its embrace all of her teen years. It held her whole heart until the night it introduced her to Arthur. A murder. A sword. A secret. A destiny. Chosen...