Bøger af Azalea Dabill

The falcon blade holds the secret of their hope or doom . . .Long lost first daughter of her stronghold, Kyrin returns to Britannia from slavery in Araby at the command of the wazir. But the wazir seeks the power of the death touch at any cost. Kyrin's adopted father refuses to give him the deadly knowledge. When the wazir takes him hostage, Kyrin and her sister rescue him and flee into the desert. Then she departs for Britannia alone, for Kyrin must lift the price from their heads.Yet all is not well at home. Ambitious lords and the intrigue she left behind in Araby engulf her stronghold. Torn between a lord's son she has sworn never to hand-fast, a rival, and her father's life, Kyrin struggles to hold her people and lands despite their enemies' plots. But the falcon dagger is the key to life, death, and a traitor deeper yet. Kyrin must become all she was born to be. Or all will end in ash.Falcon Flight is the second fantasy adventure in the Falcon Chronicle series, with threads of the supernatural and sweet romance. Love, found family, and power collide, marking a clash of cultures. Also great for teens and young adults. (Falcon Heart Book 1, Falcon Flight Book 2, Lance and Quill companion novella - Falcon Chronicle series. Falcon Dagger Book 3 is coming 2024)

The greatest traitor may be her heart . . . One man will die, one man will rise, and one girl will change the Araby sands forever. Alaina must put down her quill and her healer's bag to take up the staff of war when she flees the wazir's rose perfume and court gardens to seek refuge with a prince of the sands. Foiled in her desire to rise as a renowned scribe in the court of the Caliph, Alaina finds herself tending an ailing sheik, disguised as an apprentice healer to an exiled warrior. But the prince pierces her deception, and soon has her scribing for him. Struggling to be worthy of his grandfather's seat as sheik, Prince Faisal has enemies Alaina would gladly shield him from. But she must keep her identity hidden from the tribe, even as she faces Faisal's rival. Falling in love with a prince she is not worthy of, Alaina falls yet again to his rival's cunning schemes. For a traitor lurks in the Oasis of Oaths. When the wazir's Hand discovers them and enemies converge, Alaina must rise and break the webs of deceit. If she can discern her uncertain heart before it is too late. Will the girl who desired a scribe's cushion in the caliph's court find richer things than rosewater and immortal poetry in the desert sands? A companion novella to the Falcon Chronicle series, Lance and Quill is a young adult medieval fantasy with threads of sweet romance and mystery. Here cultures clash and teens come of age in an epic adventure featuring martial arts and a lady of battle. (Falcon Heart Book 1, Falcon Flight Book 2, Lance and Quill companion novella - Falcon Chronicle series.)

Slavers seize Kyrin from the coast of Britannia and sail for Araby. With a dagger from her murdered mother's hand, an exiled warrior from the East, and a peasant closer than a sister by blood, Kyrin is determined to overcome her fear of the blade and escape. But the falcon dagger is at the root of intrigue, martial skill, and danger within the caliph's court. It haunts her through tiger-ridden dreams, love, and battle in the Araby sands.To defeat her treacherous master and defend those she loves, Kyrin must face the blade that killed her mother. Love against hate, dagger against sword. Falcon Heart is the first epic adventure in a teen and young adult medieval fantasy series with threads of mystery, martial art, and multicultural conflict. (Falcon Heart Book 1, Falcon Flight Book 2, Lance and Quill companion novella - Falcon Chronicle series.)Excerpt:The delicate carved fish of green-and-rose seashell leaped amid oak beads she liked to think were peat-dark river bubbles. Her father's gift for her fifteenth name-day went well with her green tunic. Kyrin sat up to slip off her shoes. Rain drummed on the slate roof and in the window. Mother would have something to say if the wet dampened her tunic-though she wanted the shutter open for the fresh air. She said storms made her feel alive. In the morning the sun might be shining. Who can tell? I will fly with Lord Fenwer's falcons, high and far. Wind ripped the shutter around and slammed it against the outside wall. A winged shape hurtled past the sill with a shrill cry. Was it one of Lord Fenwer's birds? Kyrin leaned out and twisted to stare up, blinking against the almost dark and the rain. "Kyrin, your tunic-"Kyrin saw nothing but wind-blown rain. "Yes, mother." She wiped her face and reached for the shutter. The wind pulled at it. She struggled. Along the east side of the out-wall a small door opened onto the cliffs. It flapped in the wind, a crow's wing. A torch bobbed through it.

Imaginative fiction is a key to our future . . . Beauty, mystery, and adventure are vital to our spirits. Fantastic journeys invite us to search beyond what we see for truth, to dig deeper for courage. The soul of fantasy adventure benefits us on three levels: * The spiritual arena * The wide world of ideas * And the sphere we breathe in Why do the quest and the hero's journey draw us all? What difference does it make? Have you ever wondered how to find the best fantasy adventures for your children, yourself or your friends? We bring up select jewels from the deep and explore mountain troves of fiction with seventy authors to whet your appetite for the riches heaped on untold shores. The inspiring adventures we explore are beacons of extraordinary story. Most of them are lights by contrast, guiding us to enchanting lands of danger in the ocean of fantasy and speculative fiction. Heroes and heroines show us how to identify true gems and sell them not. How to discern enemies, friends, and endless possibilities with our inner eye, and to touch and to taste the truths of life in realms near and far. Take a deep breath before our first plunge into the sea of fantasy. And we will discover that which is the wealth of souls. Excerpt Discover the Irresistible Beauty of Truth in Fantasy Who does not wish that at least one moment in a beautiful epic fantasy were true? But some of those moments are true, and some of those places. The mystery of beauty, and sacrifice, the brave call of loyalty, and the torch of true relationships make us yearn for something we often cannot name. But we feel it in epic fantasies of courage, perseverance, and friendship that illuminate selflessness. We behold spiritual heights, physical depths, and in far realms we learn to refuse evil and choose good until it influences our adventures in our own sphere. Fantasy relates to deep reality. Some people may say there is little truth in the ocean of fantasy. They claim the very words fantasy fiction are a double negative of reality. Others say that fantasy involves Wicca, witchcraft, magick-at the very least, it means New Age muddled thought. They claim fantasy is not for serious Christians because it does not encourage spirituality and faith. They say idealism or fantasy doesn't apply to real life, and abstract ideas in fantasy rarely touch real things. In truth, real things and the ideals we hold are as closely connected as our body and spirit. Abstract ideals are intertwined in the physical and spiritual in every occurrence in the spatial universe. Every idea we believe, experience, and come to understand moves the breath, blood, and bone we call our body-because ideals first move our heart and spirit. Fantasy mirrors reality, showing the abstract in sharper facets. It casts reality back at us in a thousand reflections, penetrating deeper into our souls at times than any physical blade on this earth.