Bøger af Frances Howitt

After being on the run for several weeks, the animus cat Natalya is at her wit's end. Trapped within a walled town she is being relentlessly run to ground by an inquisitor squad. White Haven Academy's headmaster Jim and his guard aid her escape, enabling her to take refuge at White Haven. However this leads Natalya's pursuers to the school, and when they catch up with her, it is with disastrous results. Meanwhile, White Haven Academy seeks independence from the Wizard Guilds with the backing of Lord Aubrey. The school also gains increasing recognition in the magical community for their stance on teaching students to respect all those with magical ability as equals, leading to an increase in student applications. Due to his need to offload an abundance of leached magic after the battle with Jared and his men, Jim rebuilds some ruins found on the school grounds. The ruins turn out to be a long disused portal and although the old stone has some markings, he has no idea where it leads or whether it is safe to use. After some investigation he realises the portal could pose both a threat to White Haven and great potential to Clan Green Bear's future.

Jerking awake from a drug induced slumber, Wizard Jim finds himself on a storm battered ship at sea and realises he's been abducted. Swept overboard, he manages to transform his magic shield into a tiny boat but will his magic last long enough to find an alternative refuge?Meanwhile Darius and the Clan are working feverishly to rebuild their ancestral castle. They must finish before any attempt can be made to rescue the friends and family imprisoned in the enemy's cloaked fortress.Unlikely allies find themselves working together to thwart the invasion of Edmoston. Can they close an old path over the mountains before they are overrun?

When an Immortal falls for a blind wizard healer, he realises their meeting has triggered a prophesy written hundreds of years ago, but never forgotten. Uncovering an insidious plot to destroy the very future of all the Immortals, Megan realises her disability gives her an advantage she could never have imagined, but is it already too late? Hounded by magical and unnatural creatures, they are constantly under attack. Once she learns the identity of their foe and the extent of his power, she realises that justice will be costly. She has little choice however but to attempt to fulfil the prophesy or die trying.

Being able to change shape into a dragon isn't the only trick up Amelie's sleeve, but at sixteen she's only just discovering what she might be capable of. Living in a world where all with magical ability are persecuted in retaliation for the death of the Queen by a shape-shifter assassin, they are forced to hide what they are and live in fear. Jim is a young partly trained wizard. Arrested on false pretenses he is thrown into prison where he meets Amelie. Working together to escape the prison and those seeking their death, they are forced to flee through a magical portal to another continent not knowing what they will find. Dropped into a vast wilderness, far from home, they stick together evading pursuit and warring factions, not knowing who to trust, for everyone they meet has their own agenda and seems to want to either use them or kill them.

BOOK 2 - Wizards of White Haven.Set apart by being the only academy specialising in wizard and animus students, outsiders watch Jim's leadership of White Haven closely, with either approval or trepidation. Whilst students are being enrolled in greater numbers than ever before, other factions seek to forcibly remove Jim as headmaster. Building on their alliance with Jim, Clan Green Bear now have a long-term refuge, if they can keep it secret, and Drako finally has a home to call his own. The last thing Drako expects is to fall in love with an elusive student. Clan custom dictates however, that Drako seek approval from the clan and permission from his father and brother, the heir, before he dates any woman. His brother also has a nasty habit of taking what he wants, especially as he has been promised a bride for himself. Drako has a thorny challenge before him winning over his clan whilst she has to reassure her family that marrying a fugitive will not be the grave risk they expect. Facing repeated attack, Jim evolves from a young inexperienced wizard, to being frighteningly powerful. His potential is coveted by enemies and friends alike, and one too many external threats have unexpected, frightening and far-reaching consequences.

Following an unprovoked attack, Lady Thea Winterbrock finds herself the only survivor of a massacre that wipes out her entire family. Relentlessly pursued by heavily armed warriors, intent on returning her to slavers, she is forced to flee over the mountains to the nearest stronghold with family friends. Starved and weakened she is relieved to come across a fellow traveller who befriends her and aids her in reaching safety. Since he too is a wolf shifter she instinctively knows he can be trusted to keep his promise of being her protector but she wonders what he'll expect in return for such selflessness.Destitute, her family estate ransacked and probably under enemy occupation, she must use the harsh winter months to gather allies and friends to help her return and reclaim her home and birth-right before it is lost forever.

Forging Alliances: Wizards of White Haven: Book 4.Animus warriors, dragons, wizards, lords and ordinaries continue to build new alliances with White Haven, but they all have their own agenda. White Haven might be going from strength to strength but there are those that are very unhappy about it, together with the shifting alliances of power in the region. The Wizard Guild, dismayed by claims of misconduct and the subsequent defeat of their local branch's leader, by Jim's hand, send their top enforcer to investigate. They are also annoyed by White Haven's declaration of independence and additionally task their investigator, a warrior wizard of legendary power, to take over the Eastern Guild and if necessary bring Jim into line.Meanwhile Clan Green Bear are in a race against time, secretly trying to rebuild their ancestral castle and make it defensible before they are discovered.