Bøker av Courtney M Privett

"The darkest moon ignites the brightest stars. This is the darkest moon and we are the brightest stars."Twenty years after The Bacra Chronicles...Enchanted objects are stubborn things, not always willing to do what they're told. They choose on their own how to interpret the spells infused by a lightbinder witch, which often leads to unexpected side effects, especially when the witch is particularly eccentric. Most of these objects turn out to be moderately benign, such as a pair of anti-fatigue shoes cause the wearer to temporarily be afraid of mollusks, but sometimes a spell goes remarkably awry.Mischievous starlight is sixteen-year-old Sparrow Ragan Coldstar's favorite light source to enchant with, but he often experiments with others. Daylight, firelight, sunsets and sunrises-he catches them, contains them in vessels, and collects them in his bigger-on-the-inside pockets for later use. The lights he covets most are the ones that are the most difficult to catch, and his current fixation is on the elusive meteor light. Because of this quest, Sparrow leaves his desert home to research celestial events at the Starlight Library's observatory above Bacra's new capital city, Jadeshire.During a quiet moment at the Library, Sparrow solves the supposedly-impossible puzzle box that was given to him by a meddling cousin. This heirloom is more than a simple puzzle, and the spells trapped within have unexpectedly dangerous consequences. Sparrow finds himself transported to the wild ruins of Bacra's former capital, and he is not alone. The young lightbinder and several of his family members, including two who have been estranged for decades, must work together to solve the real puzzle-the series of riddles that has been trapped in the box for over a century. If they fail, there is little hope of anyone escaping the malicious magic of feral Anthora.

All Tessen Lim wants to be is a silversmith, but he finds himself on an unexpected adventure when his brother, the young warlock Shan, convinces him to bind with a stolen solar dragon hatchling. An assassination plot against their family soon forces the brothers to flee their home in search of a safe place for their dragons to grow. With a small group of allies, both old and new, they must travel beyond the familiar Jade Realm and into the wilds of Bacra. Their flight is going as planned until they wake one morning to find themselves in a surreal land of Fae, monsters, and magic. Tessen, Shan, and their companions must survive both this unknown land and their own fears if they are to reach the promised sanctuary of Anthora. Faelost is the second book of The Bacra Chronicles, and a stand-alone sequel to Cavelost.

On August 1, 1998, a trio of seventeen-year-olds venture into Huron National Forest near East Tawas, Michigan for a live-action role playing adventure. Before long, all three realize something is watching them from the forest, something that no mythology or cryptozoology they know of can explain. Thus begins a twisting, turning, terrifying chase into an old-growth forest inhabited by nightmares.

Love and loss, fear and hope, guilt and redemption-this is Malora away from the sunlight. This is the world hidden between and within the novels of The Malora Octet, as told by eighteen characters whose truths have never before been revealed. Revisit the dark ages of Ganebra, survive the post-cataclysmic winter, and emerge into the new Melor along with those who lived it.Also included are original character sketches and maps, family trees, a Volle-Common dictionary, recipes from Malora, and poetry written during the creation of The Malora Octet.

Fiery Tesji Brier is an outcast in the remote village of Tiponia. His unusual appearance makes him the bullied target of the other children, while his primal, untamed ability to manipulate the weather has turned him into an object of fear. Just as he enters adulthood, the aftermath of a perplexing prophesy sends Tesji reeling into an adventure of self-discovery. As he travels across the wild continent of Melor, he encounters some who seem to know more about his true nature than Tesji himself does, including the immortal Time Children who haunt the ruined heart of the ancient world. The secrets he discovers about himself on his path to the twisted mountains from his dreams just may save the world... or destroy it.

I am going to die here. The rage in my soul has finally defeated my mind and now I'm on trial for a crime I'm not certain I committed. Atalor is a festering pit of a city and it has declared me its most reprehensible victim.My name is Arden Masiona. Yes, those Masionas, the perpetually magical family headed by the immortal Time Child, Bethel Masiona. I am mundane, however. I'm the only non-mage in a family of extraordinary people and they've never let me forget it. No... I can't acknowledge my heritage anymore. I am no longer part of my own family. Rage has rendered me an exile.Time wants to claim me, but I am not hers to claim. I am an apprentice of the Desert, a child of eternity, a prisoner of my own soul. I am the Glassmaker, and Atalor is where my story ends.

Never question. Never protest. Never reveal your true nature. These are the tenets of King Rastaban's reign. He is many things to many people - murderer, visionary, tyrant, brilliant leader, charismatic madman - but to Sevilen, he has only ever been two things. Brother and rescuer.Sevilen has always seen past the gleaming veil which shrouds the tormented monster within Rastaban, but the greater world has remained contently unaware until now. Rastaban's innovative technological revolution threatens to overshadow his far more sinister cause - the extermination of the Geophorian priests, a widespread and ancient society of innate magic users long removed from their golden age.Rastaban's ruthless ambition crowds even the most stalwart into fearful corners, yet there is still hope lurking in the shadows. Sevilen is waking from a world of childhood dreams into a nightmarish adulthood of destruction and chaos. Scholarly and narcoleptic young Sevilen must learn to quell his timidness in order to quietly subvert Rastaban's destructive and genocidal campaign from within the monarchy before everything he loves from afar is lost.Sevilen is not alone in his covert resistance, although his distant allies are unaware of his mutinous fantasies and see him as only an ally of the king. A rebellion is born among the last scattered survivors of the Geophorian culture. Will their avenging alliance topple Rastaban's empire and save the world, or is Malora fated to fall in spite of - or because of - their desperate crusade to save it?The Abyssal Night is the first volume of the Echoes of Oblivion trilogy.

Former mercenary Rin Sylleth knows she has a long journey ahead of her when she wakes deep underground with no memory of how she arrived there. She is determined to battle her way through the lurking danger of an endless maze of caverns and tunnels in order to return to her family. Magic and monsters hide in the deep as a masked threat endangers not only Rin and her companions, but also the entire High Kingdom of Bacra.

Six years after the fall of Anthora, a magical mishap throws Yana and Shan Goldtree from a Varaku hive into an unknown wilderness. As they search for a path home, their brother Tessen faces a tragedy that forces his family to leave their hidden sanctuary of Haven Cove. Despite disparate locations, the siblings and their diverse allies share the same objective: find a way to defeat a powerful enemy who will do anything to assert her supremacy, including destroying her own family. The fallen Moonlight Guardian Lyssandra Zephyrain commands her legions of followers from Bacra's new capital, Crescent Vale. She has been quietly waiting for the right moment to strike those she sees as her enemies, and her patience has run out. With the help of her magic-skilled zealots, she will reshape the world to her liking-if her Spellkeeper collection doesn't figure out how to subdue her first. One Spellkeeper in particular aspires to become a threat from within, but the young healer Saevel Yarrow's soft form of magic offers no offensive advantage against a foe whose power grows with each realm she devastates. It will take something far more drastic than a somnolent teenager's cottage witchery to save Bacra now. Dustlight is the fifth and final book of The Bacra Chronicles.

Zella Thula is a light mage, but her severe social anxiety keeps her cloaked in shadow. As a daughter of the phoenix, she was always expected to become an Emergent student of the immortal Time Child, Bethel Masiona, once she reached adulthood. Her dreams are shattered when Bethel rejects her, but she finds new hope under the guidance of Rassa, a Time Child with a dark and nightmarish past.As Zella comes to terms with her strengths and limitations, a change is overtaking the universe. The entire cosmos trembles as stars are ripped from the sky and replaced by darkness. The ancient warning of the Elements is coming to fruition - when Oblivion wakes, the universe will know.

Three years after the events of The Abyssal Night, the Amari Desert brings vague comfort to Ember and Rhodren as they recover from their failed assassination attempt and abrupt uprooting from their mountain haven. All other sanctuaries are inaccessible so the priests of the desert are slowly regrouping and waiting. Their next moves will not be easy, but something must be done if there is any hope for a Geophorian future.Meanwhile to the east, King Rastaban is tightening his grasp on his brother Sevilen's restraints. While the course of Sevilen's life isn't entirely under his control, his rebellious thoughts - and his darkest secrets - still are. He has turned away from outward acts of revolt and embraced a path of quiet and concealed manipulation. Sevilen both loves and loathes Rastaban, but he knows one emotion must conquer the other before the end.As Rastaban's madness spirals closer and closer to the cusp of worldwide pandemonium, the last remaining lanterns of hope must come together and discover their true natures if the world is to survive the the Ganebran Empire. Will the heroes of prophesy discover their purpose in time to prevent eternal darkness from falling? Will the new generation of Geophorians rectify the mistakes of the past, or will they be the harbingers of destruction and darkness?

Something stirs, above and below. In the aftermath of the Parandor Arena, dragonbound brothers Shan Goldtree and Tessen Lim have become separated for only the third time in their young lives. In Bacra's capital city, the warlock Shan struggles not to fall either to his own mind or to the pain of the Spellkeeper completion rituals that are being inflicted upon him by the High King himself. To the south, safe in the Moonlight Guardian's sanctuary, Tessen finds himself overwhelmed by the emergence of his own innate magic.Far to the west, mage Benny Vale is liberated after two years locked a decrepit prison for the magic-skilled. As much as she wishes to embrace the return of her magic and her new freedom, her goal is singular-to reunite with her missing daughter. Together with a quarrelsome group of allies, Benny must traverse the inhospitable deserts and battlefields of the Bacran Southwest to find the beloved child who may not remember her.Meanwhile, a new power rises from deep beneath the surface world. After leading a slave rebellion, young Hael must guide her surviving Uldru to The Above before the dangers of the subterranean tunnels claim any more of her people. Will she find the fabled surface world and a new home within it, or will the Uldru of the Vetarex hive be lost forever to a darkness not even the little magics can illuminate?