Perfect for fans of The Theft of Sunlight by Intisar Khanani and the Alanna books by Tamora Pierce, this page-turning fantasy immerses readers in a vivid desert landscape and the mysteries and dangers that lie beyond the Wall.Malenie doesn’t need anyone…By her fourteenth year, Melanie has learned how to survive on her own in the harsh reality of her small town. Bullies. Judgmental neighbors. A broken friendship. She also knows how to hide her secre...

There’s magic in the world, but none for Malenie…It's been 119 days since everything fell apart.Since her friendship with Nes imploded.Since Nes’s siblings were taken by slavers.Since Malenie lost Nes’s protection.And the bullies are closing in.A short prequel to The Desert Wall, Raf Morgan’s “Beneath the Ever Trees” is the story of what really happened between Malenie and Nes before the events that took Malenie out of her small town...

In the impregnable red fortress, the mysterious leader of the slavers waits, accumulating power.Slavers have been taking children from across the divided world for longer than Nes can remember. While she’s rescued her sibs with the help of her friends Malenie and Paza, her cousins are still missing and most everyone else has given up hope.But Nes has the shaper’s sense. With it, a lock of hair will lead her to its owner and a pebble can become a truth stone.

Magic—danger—and the thrill of the chase!Experience the rush of racing across rooftops with thieves—or the desperation of fleeing an assassin who knows you a little too well. From the fish market of a tropical island sultanate, to the monster-filled alleys of a steampunk London, to a land where souls take different forms as they rise or fall through the layers of the world, this collection of chase scenes and vignettes set in nine distinctive worlds will leave you spellbound.