Twelve year old Nikola stood in front of an open grave. His grandma was dead and gone.With her death, a door was kicked open, and an ancestral curse—a mark on Nikola's bloodline and rooted in the very bones of the earth—lay revealed.Change is hard. Being the new kid at school is harder, especially with a sinister Vice Principal like William Weaver.Nikola meets a girl named Lizzy. The shocking things happening to him were happening to her as well. Sh...

Autumn, 1898.A blizzard batters the town of Hope, and a wizened stranger driving a coal-black caravan appears in the swirl of snowflakes. The sign on the caravan reads The Brothers Zorkin, puppeteers from Archangel, Russia.Bedlam engulfs the town as the storm intensifies. Promises from the stranger bewitch the townsfolk, offering gifts only a God can bestow. Spellbound, they agree to do his bidding, no matter the heinous nature of his comma...

Laz spends long days toiling in the mine of Darkhán. A bottomless pit that has not seen a ray of sunlight in a million years.He labors in the deep alongside his best friend, Dru. The cruelty of the mine has orphaned them both, and every day is a fight for survival.After shift, they scavenge through the waste mounds left by the crusher machines deep in the gray zone. They search for a legendary grade eleven crystalline starlight oval. A precious jew...

A year on the run with everything to lose.The bad dream of the past fourteen months has morphed into a full-blown nightmare for Nikola and Lizzy. In a dizzying sprint halfway across the world, they prepare to face a vastly more dangerous foe—a triple threat not born of this world, and intent upon their utter defeat.Sailing into the Bay of Kotor under the cover of night, they find themselves attacked by ancient magic before even setting foot on the rocky sho...

A homicidal vice principal was only the beginning.The darkness that polluted VP Weavers' mind, driving him to madness, has infected another—someone more adept, cunning, and practiced in wielding the black magic. The Dark Queen—who now stands unveiled and proclaims her reign of terror has begun.Can twelve-year-old friends Nikola and Lizzy face this murderous new threat without the wisdom of a fallen ally?With little time to mourn and put their lives ...

Cassius 'Cash' Hickman had just turned thirteen when his dad left. Dad was a washed-up boxer with faded dreams and a chip on his shoulder.One thing he learned from Dad was how to defend himself. "Bring the Thunder" was Dad's motto, and Cash tried to live by that motto every day. But viewing life at the end of a jab is bad advice. It can never fix a broken heart.When some bullies steal his lucky coin—a birthday present from Dad, and a coin he believ...

An ancient curse and dark secrets revealed.The Dark RisesNikola stood beside an open grave. His grandma was dead and gone. With her death a door was kicked open, and an ancestral curse—a mark on Nikola's bloodline and rooted in the very bones of the earth—lay revealed. Change is hard. Nikola must unravel the mystery of his supernatural lineage and bring the fight to the enemy, or face a lifetime of running.The Dark Reign