Bøger af Elizabeth Klein

Evil hunts brothers Dougray and Robbie as they seek the invisible Citadel of Gallenbreigh for the next crystal. Traps await them and time is slipping away. Soon all the demons will overrun Galfane as Morgran grows more powerful. Will they find the Citadel in time and escape the clutches of a lethal demon pursuing them which is poisoning everything in its wake?

Dark forces released in the form of shape shifters threaten brothers Dougray and Robbie and their companion Belle when they embark on another perilous journey, this time to the Dead City. Here they are faced with the most fearsome trial of all when Dougray, poisoned by a rogue spell, attempts to kill them. After a deadly sword fight, Robbie flees the city with Belle, believing Dougray has perished in the catacombs, along with his father.

A collection of short stories with a range of topics: a girl who discovers she is an alien, a boy whose inventions just aren't what they're cracked up to be, a fairy tale retelling, a spooky dare involving a scarecrow, a boy trying to evade a bully, a mouse trying to publish his book just to name a few.

Armies are gathering from distant lands. In the midst of imminent war, two orphaned brothers, Dougray and Robbie, and their travelling companion Belle, have sought shelter with the elves. But even in their idyllic world, peace is short-lived when monstrous shrieks are unleashed into their treetop homes and destroy everything in their paths. The brothers are forced to flee with Navarre, the healer that once knew their parents. On the way to Twendlemark to obtain horses for their journey, they are given a cryptic prophecy about their future and narrowly escape Morgranus, an evil demon hunting them that replicates its last victim. Dougray's troubles escalate when Robbie is kidnapped and taken to the mad queen of Dwellinfrey and he and Belle are captured by Rory, the banished king and leader of a band of rebels known as the Whistlers.

This story can be summed up as a boy's adventure in all its quirky day-dreaminess and fascination with spies, flamboyant villains who own islands and wear white suits and a mutinous, but very dead pirate. When half of a treasure map ends up in a box of books at the local fete, Jock McLock decides to visit the donator. He's heard plenty of strange tales about her from the kids at school, but it's nothing like meeting Mrs Trelawney in the flesh. It's all connected to his mother winning a holiday to the Bahamas, which turns out to be full of perils for poor Jock, a wild treasure hunt with gunmen bent on finding the pirate's treasure before Jock does.

Newly arrived at Spells Meadow, England, and still grieving his mother's disappearance, 17-year-old Cody discovers an old key near an enormous hedge that changes his life forever. Instead of tossing it away, he and his friend Newt unwittingly activate an ancient curse that awakens a griffin which almost destroys them. Cody suspects an elaborate cover-up of something even more sinister occurring at the local high school, a cover-up that involves the enigmatic principal. He soon discovers Spells Meadow is a place with a twisted past and a bizarre future.

A dystopian sci fi fantasy set in a divided world. A teenage boy wandering alone through a drought-ravaged wasteland, witnesses a fight one night between two sky-born. Against all reason, he saves the life of a badly-injured girl who is left for dead. His own desperate struggle for survival ramps up a notch when he is forcibly taken by her people to one of the great sky cities for questioning over the incident. For all its opulence, the city is not without its own problems when a series of inexplicable earthquakes strike and the outbreak of civil war forces him to flee. Yet where can he hide when the sky-born once hunted his kind? The tale evokes the best and worst in two contrasting races who must work together to solve the terrible secret behind a destructive agenda hastening the world's doom. Gripping. Intense. Sometimes dreamlike and deeply moving.

This is the final, thrilling instalment of the Bethloria series. Demons are swarming everywhere and no place is truly safe. With insurmountable odds stacked against them, the trio attempt to fulfil ancient prophecies and release Bethloria and Galfane from Morgran's evil grip. But all hope seems lost when Morgran captures Dougray, and Belle and Robbie are under siege.Oracle of the Dragon is the seventh volume in Elizabeth Klein's Bethloria fantasy series which began with the award-winning Firelight of Heaven.

Surviving venomous plants and a turbulent journey downriver pursued by black wolves, Dougray, Robbie and Belle arrive at Syone, the fabled sanctuary of Healers. It offers warmth and welcome, and a respite from the ravages of the untaming. Or does it? As Dougray and Robbie discover their parents may still be alive, they also uncover a dark truth about the healing sanctuary. When its walls are breached by monsters, they are forced to flee under the mountain. Narrowly escaping ravenous arthropods, they are captured by a self-appointed tyrant and taken to Wychwyre as his prisoners. Here they uncover his sinister schemes for ultimate power. This tale sends Dougray, Robbie and Belle even deeper into adventure...Greenheart of the Forest is the second volume in Elizabeth Klein's Bethloria fantasy series.

When an assassin infiltrates a secret meeting and people are killed, brothers Robbie and Dougray are plunged into a fast-paced journey of discovery. Their quest leads them to the other side of the Black Mountain, forbidden territory, where an Elf girl named Belle Song rescues them from Trolls and accompanies them. The future of their quest becomes doubtful when an enormous spider called Queen Shara captures Robbie. After a frightening battle, they manage to defeat the spider and rescue him from her lair. Through their mutual hardships, Dougray and Belle discover they have a common destiny, one that involves searching for seven lost crystals that will heal Bethloria.

Everything hinges on the success of Dougray and Robbie, orphaned brothers and fugitives, to lead King Morgran's soldiers on a wild goose chase to the Groaning Rocks, a place of demented souls. Attacked by a black dragon, they are rescued and given shelter by Alysam, an exile from Alpinia. But all is not well. Dougray is infected with dragon venom and begins to turn to stone. A desperate race for survival begins as the dragon pursues them through the underground passageways. Found by Navarre, last of the Healers, Dougray is restored to health and the brothers are then offered a place of safety in the treetops with the Elves. But an unexpected attack by the dragon forces Robbie to track it to its lair, where the ultimate purpose of their quest lies: the retrieval of the third crystal.

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