"Deep, deep under the seathere are no folk like you and meBut way, way down in the dark abyssare mermaid folk with tails like fish."Katherine Hetzel takes a step away from writing fantasy novels for middle grade readers to pen a bedtime story for children.Told in shimmering rhyming verse, The Rainbow Flower visits an enchanted undersea world of mermaid folk and colorful sea plants and creatures. The handso...

. . a cloaked and hooded figure . . . its hand stretching towards her, a silviron ring gleaming dully in its palm . . . she reaches for it . . . The hand closes over the ring, flings it away. towards high snowy mountains in the far distance, where it winks out of sight.Tilda has been angry with the Power and its mages ever since Pa died. Why didn't the mages use the Power to save him?Determined to find out, she sails to Ring Isle with her Uncle Vanya, steward to th...

A collection of tales that sparkle like tiny, fractured gems, reminding us that things aren't always what they appear to be.Katherine Hetzel steps away from juvenile fantasy fiction and taps into her darker, slightly twisted side with nineteen short stories and flash fiction—some previously published—brought together for the first time in a single volume. Hollow Daughter is not only the name of a story in the collection, it embodies the underlying current flowing through t...

Temple novice Katia wants nothing more than to become a priest in the Temple of the Triple Gods. She tries hard to do the right thing, but she's on her last chance to convince Elder Sevanya, the King's Priest, that she can do the job. While she's belatedly setting up the incense to prove she's a competent acolyte, Katia overhears the king's brother plotting to kill the king. She steals the Kingstone to protect it and to deliver it to the true heir with a message: the killer is after him to...

After Irvana's grandmother dies in their remote clifftop home, Irvana must travel to Koltarn. Alone in a strange city, Irvana finds employment at the palace, home of Lord Terenz, current overlord and bearer of the StarMark. Suddenly immersed in palace life, Irvana makes a friend in fellow-servant Rosann, and there is a spark between her and the lively Mikal, Terenz's ward. But when Terenz discovers that Irvana has something he wants, her life is suddenly in danger.

Everyone is a storyteller. Really. They are.Think about it. We tell stories whenever we describe what we did at the weekend. What our favourite present was on our last birthday. Where we went on holiday last year . . . These are stories about ourselves and our lives, and are more often than not, real. We also love to use our imaginations and make up stories for playacting, entertaining others, or because stories keep popping into our heads.It's easy to tell a story. But it'...

In Book 5 of the Chronicles of Issraya, Tilda returns to Merjan City with her new steward, Rurik, and with her Power still locked. Determined to force the other mages to take her seriously, she resumes her Guild and Academy visits. While traveling through the streets of Merjan City, Tilda learns that ordinary Issrayans' want to wield Power themselves—an idea that came from the one person willing to give it to them: Luisa.Tilda, needing the truth about the thing that calls itself th...

In Book 3 of the Chronicles of Issraya, Tilda and the other mages of Ring Isle have a problem that could threaten their very existence. For the first time in their history, the powermages have in their possession silviron that's been tainted with dark power, perilous to keep on Ring Isle or to exist anywhere in the world where someone could encounter it.The mages decide to put the tainted silviron in a small metal box and drop it into the turbulent waters of the Merjan Str...

Tilda's initiation is barely over and she's already taking her first powermaging lessons and learning the legends of Issraya. She secretly practices making illuminorbs in her room until she drains her energy to a level she knows Silviu will notice. She sneaks to the Ringroom to get a power boost. To her horror, she discovers the silviron in the Ringstone had been tainted in the battle with Luisa and the conduit to the Power is fading. Tilda's waning Merjanian portion of the Power reveals t...

A wide-nostrilled black snout. Two bulbous eyes, shining white underneath a thick ridged brow. An opaque frill of leathery skin framing the face. Hints of purple light glinting on black scales. A long body, supported on four stumpy legs with widespread toes, and claws as long as a man's fingers. A thickened tail, almost as long as the body, dragging on the ground.Tilda saw it all in a split second, and whimpered, "Dragon!"In Book 4 of the Chronicles of Iss...

Revenger is a rocket-fueled tale of space pirates, buried treasure, and phantom weapons, of unspeakable hazards and single-minded heroism. . . and of vengeance. . .Adrana and Fura Ness are the newest crew members of the legendary Captain Rackamore's ship, using their mysterious powers as Bone Readers to find clues about their next score. But there might be more waiting for them in space than adventure and fortune: the fabled and feared Bosa Sennen, in particular.

The epic conclusion to Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories!In the highly anticipated conclusion to the Land of Stories series, Conner and Alex must brave the impossible. All of the Land of Stories fairy tale characters--heroes and villains--are no longer confined within their world!With mayhem brewing in the Big Apple, Conner and Alex will have to win their biggest battle yet. Can the twins restore order between ...