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SNEAK PEEK: DragonSpell by Donita K. Paul

January 22, 2010

A Desperate Search Begins…

Once a slave, Kale is given the unexpected opportunity to become a servant to Paladin. Yet this young girl has much to learn about the difference between slavery and service.

A small band of Paladin’s servants rescue Kale from danger but turn her from her destination: The Hall, where she was to be trained. Feeling afraid and unprepared, Kale embarks on a perilous quest to find the meech dragon egg stolen by the foul Wizard Risto. First, she and her comrades must find Wizard Fenworth. But their journey is threatened when a key member of the party is captured, leaving the remaining companions to find Fenworth, attempt an impossible rescue, and recover the egg whose true value they have not [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: Ravens Ladder

January 22, 2010

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Following the beacon of Auralia’s colors and the footsteps of a mysterious dream-creature, King Cal-raven has discovered a destination for his weary crowd of refugees. It’s a city only imagined in legendary tales. And it gives him hope to establish New Abascar.
But when Cal-raven is waylaid by fortune hunters, his people become vulnerable to a danger more powerful than the prowling beastmen––House Bel Amica. In this oceanside kingdom of wealth, enchantment, and beauty, deceitful Seers are all too eager to ensnare House Abascar’s wandering throng.
Even worse, the Bel Amicans have discovered Auralia’s colors, and are twisting a language of faith into a lie of corruption and control.
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SNEAK PEEK: Cyndere’s Midnight by Jeffrey Overstreet

January 22, 2010

When a bloodthirsty beastman discovers Auralia’s colors, his conscience awakens. When the heiress of a powerful kingdom risks everything to help him, their lives–and the lives of a kingdom–hang in the balance.

In Cyndere’s Midnight, the power of Auralia’s colors brings together a bloodthirsty beastman and a grieving widow in a most unlikely relationship… one that not only will change their lives, but could also impact the four kingdoms of The Expanse forever.

Jordam is one of four ferocious brothers from the clan of cursed beastmen. But he is unique: The glory of Auralia’s colors has enchanted him, awakening a noble conscience that clashes with his vicious appetites.

Cyndere, heiress to a great ruling house, and her husband Deuneroi share a dream of helping the [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: The Ale Boy’s Feast by Jeffrey Overstreet

January 12, 2010

The king is missing.
His promises lie in ruins.
His people are trapped as the woods turn deadly.
Underground, the boy called Rescue has found an escape.

 Click here to download chapter one of The Ale Boy’s Feast.

The Ale Boy’s Feast is the stunning conclusion to The Auralia Thread, which began with the critically-acclaimed Auralia’s Colors and continued through Cyndere’s Midnight and Raven’s Ladder . The woman whose colors collapsed a kingdom may be the redemption of the Abascar people and their king.

Click here to download chapter one of The Ale Boy’s Feast.

SNEAK PEEK: Raven’s Ladder by Jeffrey Overstreet

July 28, 2009

A deadly menace is breaking through the ground. The people of Abascar must abandon their stone refuge and flee into vulnerability in the forest. But their King has had a vision…

King Cal-raven risks his life to find a safe haven for his refugee followers. But when they are seduced and scattered by wicked “seers” from House Bel Amica, and the deceptive forces of evil set their sights on him, the King’s faith and mettle are tested by an insatiable fire.

Click here to read the first chapter of Raven’s Ladder!

SNEAK PEEK: DragonLight by Donita K. Paul

July 28, 2009

Truth has never been more important, nor so difficult to discern.

The fantastic land of Amara is recovering from years of war inflicted on its citizens by outside forces—as well as from the spiritual apathy corroding the Amarans’ hearts. With Kale and her father serving as dragon keepers for Paladin, the dragon populace has exploded. It’s a peaceful, exciting time of rebuilding. And yet, an insidious, unseen evil lurks just beneath the surface of the idyllic countryside.

 When Kale and Bardon set aside their daily responsibilities to join meech dragons Regidor and Gilda on a quest to find a hidden meech colony, they encounter sinister forces. Their world is under attack by a secret enemy… can they overcome the ominous peril they [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: DragonFire by Donita K. Paul

July 28, 2009

As wizards battle with fiery dragons, only a hero’s noble calling can save Amara.

Three years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladin’s knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo fight for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict will disappear. But Paladin is dying, and Bardon and Kale—now married—must accept fateful, separate assignments if their land is to survive. Can their efforts turn the tide against their adversaries?

Kale’s responsibility is to find, hatch, and train an army of dragons, by working side-by-side with the dragon keeper father she has never known. As the Amaran countrymen seek [ … ]

SNEAK PEEK: DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul

July 28, 2009

Trapped in an evil spell… can the knights of Paladin be rescued?

Before vowing his allegiance to Wulder as a knight, Bardon heads to the mountains for solitude. His life is suddenly complicated by a woman and her granddaughter, N’Rae, on a mission to rescue the woman’s son trapped in a chamber of sleep.

The band travels north, uncertain of their destination and encountering numerous perils. When they unlock the chamber, they discover a dozen knights—who cannot be awakened. The journal holding the secret to rousing them is in an unknown language. How can they find the help they need, and overcome even graver obstacles, to rescue the knights?

Click here to download the first chapter of DragonKnight!

SNEAK PEEK: Auralia’s Colors by Jeffrey Overstreet

January 22, 2009

Click here to download the first chapter of Auralia’s Colors!

When thieves find an abandoned child lying in a monster’s footprint, they have no idea that their wilderness discovery will change the course of history.

Cloaked in mystery, Auralia grows up among criminals outside the walls of House Abascar, where vicious beastmen lurk in shadow. There, she discovers an unsettling–and forbidden–talent for crafting colors that enchant all who behold them, including Abascar’s hard-hearted king, an exiled wizard, and a prince who keeps dangerous secret. Auralia’s gift opens doors from the palace to the dungeons, setting the stage for violent and miraculous change in the great houses of the Expanse.

Click here to download the first chapter of Auralia’s Colors!