Bøger af D K Holmberg

Kryo Karda looks to extend his empire. Only Hal's relic can stop him from starting a war.Presumed dead, Hal awakens without his relic, but with his bond to Keershan intact. He's lucky to be alive, but now must find a way to freedom.Though there's a growing discontent with Kryo Karda's rule, stopping a power like his will take strength that Hal and his friends do not possess. Anija coordinates her plan, while Hal begins a dangerous mission that will either work-or destroy what he has.When the danger of the empire is even worse than believed, all must risk everything for a chance at success, for failure means the end of all they know.The exciting dragon rider adventure fantasy continues!

The Great Powers must awaken or all will be lost.With power restored, and a tenuous balance now formed with his powers, the Volatar's work is not yet done.The Jahor have suffered considerable losses, but they now have a place to prepare. With strange attacks targeting his people, the Volatar knows it won't be long before the Trilan finds them and destroys the Jahor for good.Hevith leads his people north. Now a wagon master, he must find the place of safety promised to him, but the safety of the north isn't what he'd been led to believe. An encounter with the Hith gives Hevith a new target and a new goal. If he fails, not only the people with him will suffer, but all of the Jahor will fall.

Following the events in Keeper of the Forest: Newly named keeper of the forest, Eris Taeresin struggles to understand what her new role - and new powers - mean for her. A keeper can use the energy stored within the forest, can learn from ancient lessons woven into deeply buried roots, but Eris doesn't fully control it. As she fails to use that power, she begins to wonder if she really is a keeper of trees. With the Conclave of Magi attacking along the southern border, Eris must learn the key to her abilities or everything she knows will be lost.To help, she decides to return home to learn from the Lira, the Mistress of Flowers, knowing it will put a strain on her growing relationship with Terran. There she discovers her mother is dying and Lira cannot save her. As Eris works to learn whether her connection to the forest can save her mother, she discovers a mysterious message hidden in flowers around the palace. Before she can decipher its meaning, she is betrayed and taken from the palace.Eris must discover the key to her abilities in order to save herself, help her mother, stop the magi, all without losing Terran, but can she do so in time

The realms have united, but Rob still doesn't have the power to defeat the Eternal.Rob has united the realms, and now the essences have begun to mingle. For some, this means increased understanding of different powers within the lands. For others, this means their connection to power has shifted. And not all are pleased.While planning for another attack from either the Eternal or the Netheral, Rob discovers a threat he cannot overpower. An unusual ally might be key to understanding how to use his new connection to essence, but even that isn't enough.When the danger comes from within his realms, Rob must unearth long buried truths, or all the essences will be lost.Dragon Rage is book 10 in an exciting progression fantasy series!

Exiled by his family. Claimed by thieves. Could his dark ability be the key to his salvation? Rsiran is a disappointment to his family, gifted with the ability to Slide. It is a dark magic, one where he can transport himself wherever he wants, but using it will only turn him into the thief his father fears. Forbidden from Sliding, he's apprenticed under his father as a blacksmith where lorcith, a rare, precious metal with arcane properties, calls to him, seducing him into forming forbidden blades. When discovered, he's banished, sentenced indefinitely to the mines of Ilphaesn Mountain. Though Rsiran tries to serve obediently, to learn to control the call of lorcith as his father demands, when his life is threatened in the darkness of the mines, he finds himself Sliding back to Elaeavn where he finds a black market for his blades - and a new family of thieves. There someone far more powerful than him discovers what he can do and intends to use him. He doesn't want to be a pawn in anyone's ambitions; all he ever wanted was a family. But the darkness inside him cannot be ignored - and he's already embroiled in an ancient struggle that only he may be able to end.

The Nameless One has been defeated. Now they must rebuild.Having defeated the Nameless One, Hal and the others have gone their separate ways to help with the rebuilding effort.Not all are pleased with what has come to pass.When allies become enemies, all must choose a side-even dragons.War has come, and this time both sides fight with the power of the riders.An exciting new dragon rider adventure fantasy continues!

When the Fates attack Yoran, the Chain Breaker must fight back.After establishing an uneasy truce with the constables, Gavin has settled in Yoran to offer protection to his friends and the remaining magical element in the city. When a job reveals a dangerous new threat in the city, Gavin must take action. This time the target isn't Gavin, but the city itself. Magic was banished a generation ago, but the Fates have returned. They bring a dark magic Gavin has never seen before-and might be helpless to control.It will take more than an assassin to stop the Fates.It will take magic the Chain Breaker barely understands and can't control.

Treylen never thought he'd be hunting his own people. Least of all, family. In the mines of Wetherdin, a foul plot is unfolding. Someone's stealing dragon eggs for the Jaul, and it's up to Treylen, Aaron, and their dragons to infiltrate and root out the traitor. This time he's ready. His spycraft is stronger, his bond with Rime is better than ever, and his mentor has come along for the mission. Under the guise of visiting nobility, they'll have all the comforts of a cozy mountain lodge while untangling the mystery at their leisure. But when Marziel disappears on the night of a murder, and his own family gets caught up in the intrigue, a dire deadline is set. Treylen is faced with a choice that the abbey never prepared him for. And the solution will take him deeper into the caves of the Dragon Lands than he'd ever imagined. The Shadow's Dragon continues this exciting fantasy series!

The power of the five realms flows in Rob. He must master it before he's destroyed.Rob has learned how to reach for each type of essence he possesses, but most require outside help. As the danger of the Eternal intensifies, he knows the key is in awakening the rest of his essence-only he's not sure how to do it.Time becomes the enemy. Fearing a return of the Netheral, along with the renewed attack from the Eternal, Rob must connect to his power.This time, progression might not be enough as a power beyond his comprehension awaits.Dragon Realm is book 9 in an exciting progression fantasy series!

When Carthenne Rel first came to Nyaesh, she feared the A'ras. Now she trains with them, struggling to use the magic they teach, and cut off from the shadow blessing within her. Isolated for her differences, she has only a few friends among the other students. When the strange and powerful Master Invar offers to teach her to access the powers warring within her, Carth is isolated even more. As the deadly Reshian attack the city, Carth discovers a secret, one linked to the shadows she must suppress, and the combination of her magic is key to the A'ras survival. She needs to master her abilities as an even more dangerous threat appears, one that changes everything she's become, and challenges everything she knows about her past.

The A'ras of Nyaesh have a terrifying reputation: skilled swordsmen, owners of powerful magic, and ruthless killers. When they kill her parents, Carth discovers her parents had trained her for magic she never knew she possessed. She must use the skills they taught to stay alive, discover a way to find answers, and avenge them if she can. Only the discovery of a greater threat than the A'ras forces her to risk herself for new friends and a home she never wanted.

The world prepares for war. Creatures out of a nightmare press south. And only a few will be able to stop it. Roelle leads the Magi north to discover the secrets of the northern warriors known as the Antrilii. What she discovers forces her to question the role the Magi play in the world as she begins to realize how far they have drifted from their Founders. Rumors out of the north are much worse than she could ever imagine and her Mage Warriors might be key to stopping a threat the world hasn't seen in a thousand years. Jakob has reached Avaneam with the mysterious trunk only to learn that his journey has just begun. What he discovers in the Unknown Lands will be the key to the upcoming battle, if only he can survive it. His visions continue and Jakob learns there is more to them-and him-than he had known. Can he understand his growing abilities in time?

Dragons have returned, but not all are pleased...Now that Hal and his team have dealt with the danger of the queen, they find a measure of peace where they hope to understand the dragons.When the Nameless One comes after Hal and his team, peace is short lived.They must find power-and the relics-that will give them the power they need to stop him, but it might already be too late.An exciting new dragon rider adventure fantasy continues!

Nothing comes easy for Galen. Exiled from his homeland, apprenticed to a healer turned assassin, now Galen has gone out on his own. After a simple hit on a young boy goes awry, Galen is nearly killed by one of his own poisoned darts. When he learns why the boy went after the thief-master Davin and meets the painted girl the boy rescued, Galen realizes the boy needs his help or they'll both end up dead. But helping him means going against one of Eban's most dangerous criminals. After all he's been through, Galen isn't sure if that's a risk he's willing to take.

Master of lorcith. Gifted with Sliding. Pawn of the Forgotten. Rsiran now understands that he can use not only the arcane power of lorcith, but also that of heartstone. This ability makes him powerful, perhaps too powerful for some. Others know of his ability, and seek to use him. After Brusus is attacked, Rsiran makes a decision that requires an unlikely ally, and brings him to dangerous Thyr, where the Scholars of Venass offer their aid, but for a price. But the scholars want Rsiran for the same reason as the Forgotten. While he strives to discover why, what he finds changes everything that he has come to believe, as he learns that the struggle he's seen is only the beginning to a greater battle. And somehow he's the key to ending it.

A dangerous plan might be the only way to defeat Olander Fahr.With the threat of another attack, Haern must use his new abilities to make a dangerous gambit. Doing so requires he trust someone who has betrayed him once before, and count on others who still don't fully understand the nature of their abilities. If they succeed, they might finally be able to stop Olander Fahr before he manages to acquire another of the Elder Stones.Daniel struggles to understand his connection to the shadows along with what it means that he can sit at the Council of Elders. When a new threat appears, his unique understanding of the shadows might be the key to survival.Lucy continues her search to discover the longer game. With the Architect now imprisoned, she has access to someone who can guide her to where Olander Fahr might attack next, but they remain a step behind. A growing fear that someone has deceived her leads her in a new direction, but it's one that will require her to make a dangerous choice.Isolated within the city of Lexa, Ryn must continue to serve the Great One, but a new challenge to her authority forces her to look for power in a different way.Plans unfold, but for the first time, all begin to wonder if the one behind them is different than who they had believed. And if not Olander Fahr, who is the real threat?

Having passed his first test at the Academy, most believe Tolan has proved he belongs. Only Tolan knows the truth: that his shaping required power from the borrowed bondar-and possibly from the elementals themselves. If he can't find a way to shape without one, he'll be expelled from the Academy. When he intervenes to stop another attack on the city, he once again finds himself in the middle of the battle between Terndahl and the Draasin Lord. Worse, because of his continued reliance on the bondars, he begins to fear he might be responsible for releasing elementals.Another test approaches. For him to remain at the Academy, he must find real power within himself, but a greater challenge distracts him. With increased attacks on the city, Tolan might be the only one to know what they're after-and how to stop them.

As Raime prepares for another attack, those with the power to oppose him begin their preparations. Finally fully healed, Roelle is tasked with helping an ex-soldier recover his skills, but nothing she tries is effective. Worse, she begins to suspect success in the coming war will require her to make an alliance with the Deshmahne, but not all the Magi warriors feel the same. With the discovery that he is not the last of the damahne, Jakob works with those once afflicted by the madness, trying to awaken their power, knowing they will be the key to victory. He must succeed before Raime steals ahmaean from them as he once tried to take from the damahne. This time, there might be no stopping him. Succeeding requires Jakob to discover the origin of the groeliin for him to confront powerful groeliin unlike any he has ever faced. The penultimate book in The Lost Prophecy series.

Chenir has allied with the kingdoms. The great serpent has bonded to the lisincend. And the ancient draasin Asboel lies injured. Tan enters the Fire Fortress, seeking an alliance with the lisincend. Doing so requires him to attempt a shaping he isn't certain he can control, and this time without his draasin for help. The Par-shon attack has reached the mainland, pushing through Chenir, as the final battle with the unstoppable Utu Tonah approaches. Survival hinges on old friends and a new connection, but can Tan control enough power to defeat him, with one of his bonded near death?

A new magic threatens to destroy Gavin-or change him forever.Gavin has secured the city, preventing the deadly Fates from bringing their terrible sorcery back to Yoran, but Tristan remains at large. Their fight had been a test, and Gavin knows he can't fail the next one.When a strange attack pushes him to reveal the depths of his magic, Gavin knows Tristan has returned to finish what he started. This time, he's working with a power greater than any sorcerer-and something Gavin has never faced. A friend's abduction forces Gavin to take action he never would have considered in order to save them and stop Tristan. He must use all his connections in the city, but even that might not be enough to save them-or stop a plan that's been in play for years.The Chain Breaker will not be enough.He must find a way to become something more than he'd ever trained to be.

When songs are sung about Endric, what will be said?Having spent the last five years continuing to serve the Denraen, Endric feels the weight of a looming responsibility. He must choose how he will serve. Will it be the Conclave where he feels drawn to a greater power, or will it be within the Denraen where his father wants him to claim true leadership?An opportunity arises to better understand a threat to the Historian Guild which will lead him away from the city-and delay his decision. In order to understand the growing silence of the guild, he must find the one man who can provide insight into the guild, but Novan has always followed a different lead. The journey brings him far to the south, where Endric discovers far more than he expected, and has a realization about himself that will change his life forever.The conclusion to the epic The Teralin Sword series.

The dragon misfits are the key to saving the dragons of Lorach but they must act before a stranger destroys them.Jason has secured a tentative peace for Dragon Haven. With his control over illusion, and the Lorach threat thwarted for now, his time is spent preparing for the next attack, knowing the Dragon Souls will not be easily stopped.An old ally to Dragon Haven returns, but Jason questions his motives-along with his techniques. Now Jason must choose whether to stop the Dragon Souls or save them. Stopping Lorach for good might mean destroying the captured dragons. It's a choice Jason fears to make, but doing otherwise means betraying those who have come to rely upon him.

A dark sorcerer with a deadly plan attacks Gavin's adopted city. The Chain Breaker Series continues.After capturing the sorcerer called the Apostle, Gavin decided to remain in the city of Yoran where he's become comfortable. Work that had been plentiful has dried up and comfort becomes complacency. While new friends help to find jobs, they're not the kind of jobs an assassin trained to be the Chain Breaker should take. He's trained to kill, not track down relics in a city that long ago banished magic.When pushed to save a young boy, Gavin finds himself dealing with much more than he bargained for. A sorcerer known as the Mistress of Vines has come to Yoran. In order to stop her, he must come to understand a part of himself he was trained to ignore. It will take an assassin without equal to stop the Mistress of Vines.Only this time, the Chain Breaker might not be enough.

The key to finding the one responsible for the attack on Terndahl involves crossing the waste, but is Tolan willing to risk the tenuous peace they've achieved for revenge?Now a master shaper, Tolan must serve the Academy but he understands the risk his mother poses. While others want to study the power out on the waste, Tolan sees the need to look beyond Terndahl. His mother remains at large, and they still don't know her ultimate goal.When a chance encounter while traveling with the Draasin Lord reveals something unexpected, Tolan realizes he must expedite the plan to explore beyond the waste. What he finds there changes everything he knows about the elements-and the elementals. The final book in Elemental Academy series.

The key to saving the future may come from the past.The Sul'toral have been defeated, but peace is always tenuous-especially around Yoran with the El'aras and Leier making it their home.When Gavin discovers a strange change to the ancient bralinath trees that connect him to a deeper El'aras magic, his search for understanding leads him toward different type of foe than he's ever faced, only his power may not be enough to stop it. Worse-that very magic may be what his new enemy needs to succeed.The fight is like nothing he's ever encountered, and to survive, Gavin needs to fully understand power he's never fully embraced.Can he do it before everything he's gained is taken from him-and used to destroy him?

A discovery of the source of Rob's essence leads him home.Now that Rob has progressed to dragon heart, he's called upon to help the artic cats find their leader. The journey leads him deeper into a dangerous land, where he must find a way to stop the ice king and his servants.There he discovers the way to protect those he cares about is to head back to where he first learned of essence.What he learns is the true danger hidden until now-and the source of the Spread-but it might already be too late to stop it.Dragon Mind is book 5 in an exciting progression fantasy series!

A return of a long defeated threat changes everything for a master of the elements.The power of the elements can be complicated to master. Most reach it through the element bonds, ways of connecting to and shaping power that allowed the nation of Terndahl to thrive for centuries. Few can reach power of their own, an ancient way of holding magic the elemental warriors of old possessed. As spirit master, Tolan teaches how to use the power of the element bonds, but he knows a greater truth. Connected to power of his own, Tolan can use that, along with his bond to the elementals, in ways others cannot.When a threat all thought long ago defeated returns, Tolan finds his service to the Academy will require more than a master of spirit. Stopping this threat requires an ancient elemental warrior, but what if even that magic is not enough?The Shape of Fire is the start of an exciting fantasy adventure series.

The leader of the Ai'thol has worked for centuries on his plan to control the power of the stones. The final steps in that plan come into focus.Altered and augmented by his increased connection to the metal lorcith, Haern must use this ability to protect the women he's brought with him from the dangerous city of Dreshen. A series of attacks suggests a control over metal even Haern might not be able to withstand. Worse, the source of the attacks might be closer than he knows.Daniel's search for the remaining stone brings him to a surprising place. Once there, it becomes increasingly clear how little they know about the stones-or how to protect them. Answers require he learn how to master aspects of his powers that have been beyond him, but are essential for what is to come.Lucy begins to suspect another threat that rivals even Olander Fahr. Learning more about this threat requires she chase the one person she fears most. If she can't find and face the Architect, they won't know what Olander Fahr intends in time to stop his plan.Separated from the Great One, Ryn wants to understand her blessing, but she's tasked with much more. Searching for answers reveals a deeper divide within the Ai'thol. As emissary, she shouldn't be the one to fix it, but in the Great One's absence, she might be the only one who can.Power begins to gather to stop a great danger for more than the power of the Elder Stones is at stake.

Blood magic can either save or destroy their city. With the true threat revealed, Sam and Alec search for Master Helen and decide upon a dangerous gamble to uncover her plot. When Kavers turn up injured and drained of blood, they fear they might already be too late. The search for Helen leads to a discovery that changes everything Sam thinks about the Thelns and convinces her she needs to go after her brother. Reaching him is dangerous and will leave the city unprotected, but if she doesn't, a far worse fate awaits. As Helen's plan unfolds, Sam and Alec race to stop it, but they must discover what she truly intends or everyone with blood magic will suffer. The key to stopping her is a secret kept from everyone in Verdholm for decades, but that same key might be integral to her success.

They called him the Volatar. He came from nothing. Found his power. Became a legend, then lost it all.Now he has all the power in the world but can't touch it. With war growing, an old enemy on his heels, his best friend by his side, only the north holds the secret to reconnecting with his lost power.But war has a way of pushing old heroes aside. Hevith Alaster knew nothing of the Hith when their dark magic took his family away. Life on the wagon train had been simple. Keep moving north, stay ahead of the war. But war found him all the same.Hurt, humbled, and left to rot in a northern prison, Hevith must carve out a new life for himself in the wake of tragedy--but only if he can find a way to break free before the Hith break him. Either he must rise to the challenge or he will be yet another casualty on the Hith's path to total domination.