Bøger udgivet af Rosemary Thomas

From the Kiwi Kingdom Series, No. 8: Sees action on both sides of the Tasman Sea.The arrival of Odelia and Osborne Owl's family and their guardian eagles, in the Blue Mountain forest of Australia, causes consternation in both the living and spirit worlds. Living creatures are concerned how the family came to "appear" in their midst; and in the spirit world, Minjarra the Marsupial Lion is unhappy that a pair of giant eagles who arrived with them are remaining hidden!Odelia and her family afjust to a new landscape and feeding patterns, until a bush fire forces them to move to the city and a new way of life.In the Kiwi Kingdom, Ollie and the Owls who condemned Odelia to be eliminated from both the living and spirit worlds, are also being attacked by spirit world Harriers, who are unhappy their mistress is gone; also there is a leadership vacuum they intend to fill. Odelia is called to return to the Kiwi Kingdom, where she finds she is in danger, from both Ollie's Owls and the Harriers, who now want complete power over both the spirit world and the living Kingdom.

Within this book are the fourth to sixth titles from the Kiwi Kingdom Series. Kohana's Quest, Koa's Kingdom and Odelia's Challenge.Kohana's Quest: Kohana, a young and inexperienced Roroa Kiwi is on a quest to bring the Kiwi Kingdom to a hostile community in the Buller. Odessa the Morepork Owl is to be the guardian to this new leader while on her quest, which will change their lives. Odessa nests on the Islands.  Her Son Orion is connected to and can see animals in the Spirit world, but his brother Orel and sister Oriana are intent on destroying him.Koa's Kingdom: Kaine Kiwi from the Tasman Area is threatening the Kiwi Kingdom's northern border, requiring males from her community to fight for their territory.  Kohana also knows that hunters are returning to her community with a dog, that will take her life, sending her to the Spirit world where she and the dog team up to fight the evil force that is within.  Danger to both the Kiwi Kingdom and the Spirit world is  coming. Oriana Owl is under the control of Oleus from the Spirit world who has ambitions to control both the Spirit and living worlds.Odelia's Challenge:  Kotare and Kelia Kiwi are forced out of their community on a long and eventful journey to find a new home.  Oleus the Spirit Owl is incarcerated in Nudoor in the Southern Alps, but is still causing trouble.  When a hidden force attacks both living and spirit world animals, Odelia has to act, putting her own existence at risk.

In this book are the first three Titles in the Kiwi Kingdom series. - Keoni's Kingdom, Return of the Kiwi Kingdom and Kupe Kiwi's Kingdom.  Keoni, a Roroa Kiwi whose life is threatened when his mother passes to the spirit world after delivering his egg and his father abandons both the egg and his community, leaving it without a leader. Keoni has a special ability - to see events in the future.  Also meet Emily in Victorian England whose life of privilege is forced to end and becomes a nanny's assistant at the local manor. There she meets Jimmy the Groom who takes her to the gold fields on the West Coast. See the outcome when Emily and her family come to the Kiwi Kingdom.One Hundred years later, meet Keoni's grandson, Keanu who is forced to move from their burrow at Punakaiki when humans build over it. They move to an old family at Lake Kaniere. There they have a son, Kupe who becomes the next leader of the Kingdom. He sets out on a quest for the descendants of Keoni's supporters to restore the kingdom, knowing that he is being followed by those who wish to destroy both him and his kingdom.The Kingdom comes under threat again when a young kiwi from the past comes to the kingdom, intent on revenge.  Also meet Emily's granddaughter Amy who is unhappy with her life where there is little time for her and her husband to be together. See how an advert on the web changes her life and sets her on a quest for a long lost family heirloom.