Bøker av Steve Elliott

Alternatives: Khansa has decided to learn magic, in an effort to reduce the risks when the inevitable confrontation with Muthis occurs. At first, Behena encourages this interest, until she learns that Khansa may be even better at magic than she is.However, due to a magical mistake by Khansa, something very unusual occurs. Nebat, Ipu, Behena and Khansa find themselves magically transported to an alien place. This new world is familiar, but also unfamiliar at the same time. They make their way to Hawa's house, but find him radically altered. Also, Doga is no longer the pharaoh.To make things right, Behena and her companions set out to retrace a mission they had previously undergone, but would they be able to complete it? And, if they were on another world, would Hawa be able to find a spell to return them? Shadows: Behena is having dreams. Bad dreams. Dreams of shadow monsters, attacking everything in sight. Could Muthis, the renegade magician, be behind these nightmares? Or is it a portent of what is to come? Whatever it happens to be, Behena and her friends decide that something drastic has to be done about it.So, in order to stop Muthis from creating any magical mischief, they decide on a bold plan to disrupt things. They use an unprecedented method. A seemingly absurd, crazy, insane method. But it appears to work. In fact, it may work even a little too well.Despite everything, Behena finds herself pitted against her dream shadow monsters, with the life of her friends in the balance. If she fails, then the entire city, and the lives of everyone living there, would be in the utmost danger.

Captive: Thanks to Eyes, the bird that Behena has trained to spy on Doga and Muthis, Behena realizes that Doga is planning another nefarious scheme. However, to her frustration, she can't discover what it is. But, in the meantime, to their mutual delight, by using Eyes to carry messages, Behena is finally able to contact her mother.But Behena's inability to determine what Doga is doing is soon partially rectified, although this knowledge leads to a perilous situation. Behena is forced to flee from the house, when the royal guards come seeking all of the city's young girls. Such a mass abduction seems incomprehensible to Behena and her companions, and it makes them wonder why Doga is committing such a bizarre action. What is he going to do with all of the girls? And will Behena and Khansa be able to escape his clutches?Doga's evil plan is finally revealed, and, to counteract it, Behena and her friends have to resort to a remarkably dangerous solution. Conflicted: Behena is worried about Doga's lack of action. She feels that he is planning something, but she can't identify what it might be. However, in the meantime, she finds herself under surveillance by a stranger who is dressed rather strangely. He eventually hands her a peculiar token, which makes her concluded that he might be a member of a secret society that is planning to depose Doga.This conclusion is fortified by a dream, where she recognizes the mysterious man who has been watching her. Using one of her trained birds, and aided by Hawa's spell, she determines where and when this society meets, and she determines to join a meeting to see if she can recruit these people as possible allies in her fight to overthrow Doga's rule.Behena, along with Nebat, manage to participate in a society meeting, and find the members to be somewhat fanatical in their hatred of Doga. They are also extremely secretive, and reluctant to tell Behena their plans. However, they ask her to join them in a palace raid. Behena accepts, offering to lead the members, since she is the one most familiar with the palace corridors. But she's conflicted, desperately wondering if undertaking this mission is really the right thing to do.The raid begins, and initially, all goes well. But they soon run into an insurmountable problem which not even Behena can solve. The leader of the secret society then suggests a horrifying solution. It's a solution so unthinkable that Behena instantly rejects it. As a result, Behena and her friends have to flee for their lives.

Tomb Robbers: Behena and Nebat are still being chased by the royal guards. However, a new threat soon appears, in the shape of various groups of robbers. At first, their presence in the city is a mystery, but Behena soon concludes that they intend to loot a nearby tomb, under the guidance of the new pharaoh. Nebat and Behena, with the reluctant assistance of the thief, Ipu, pledge to stop them. How they were going to do this seemed to be impossible, until Behena hatches an audacious plan.This plan of hers will prove to be dangerous, foolhardy and wildly impractical, but she is determined to do it anyway. Nebat and Ipu are persuaded to accompany her, and together, they put her plan into action.However, not everything goes smoothly. A sudden earthquake becomes both a blessing and a curse, as they struggle to escape the robbers. Then comes the question of how to spy on the palace in order to discover what Doga, the new pharaoh, has in mind for them.Once again, Behena hatches an answer to this particular problem, but her solution is as bizarre as it is innovative. But will it work? Fear: Behena, and her brother Nebat, are still trying to hide from Doga, the usurper Pharaoh. However, something quite unusual is about to happen to Ipu, the boy thief, with whom they share a residence. Ipu is stunned by a sudden revelation from his childhood and finds himself at a crossroads in his life.Meanwhile, Behena is dreaming, and not enjoying it in the least. She has been envisioning someone she soon calls "The Shadow Man', and, even while asleep, she realizes his evil nature.All too soon, her dreams reveal that a horror is about to be unleashed on the city, and she has been chosen to destroy it. But, knowing only basic magic, will she be able to complete her task? Hawa, the magician, pledges to help her, but will his help be enough?

Behena and Nebat are still being chased by the royal guards. However, a new threat soon appears, in the shape of various groups of robbers. At first, their presence in the city is a mystery, but Behena soon concludes that they intend to loot a nearby tomb, under the guidance of the new pharaoh. Nebt and Behena, with the reluctant assistance of the thief, Ipu, pledge to stop them. How they were going to do this seemed to be impossible, until Behena hatches an audacious plan.This plan of hers will prove to be dangerous, foolhardy and wildly impractical, but she is determined to do it anyway. Nebat and Ipu are persuaded to accompany her, and together, they put her plan into action.However, not everything goes smoothly. A sudden earthquake becomes both a blessing and a curse, as they struggle to escape the robbers. Then comes the question of how to spy on the palace in order to discover what Doga, the new pharaoh, has in mind for them.Once again, Behena hatches an answer to this particular problem, but her solution is as bizarre as it is innovative. But will it work?

Transition: Behena is a royal princess in ancient Egypt. She's clever, rebellious and mistrustful of the old traditions which have been followed for centuries. But she knows nothing of life outside of the Pharaoh's palace where she and her sisters and brothers live.However, things are soon to change. A major upheaval occurs - one which will cause Behena to question the very existence of the gods she had worshipped all of her life.On that fateful day, Behena and a brother, Nebat, find themselves running for their very lives. They flee to the city, where they find themselves totally unprepared to survive. However, they meet a boy thief, who isn't quite what he seems. Together, the three of them strive to keep themselves alive, despite being hounded from multiple sides.Bereft of hope, Behena begins to dream strange dreams. Could they be hidden messages from the gods? In one of them, she receives a directive to uncover a missing magical book. A book which it is claimed will save the Egyptian nation. But will she be willing to undertake such a dangerous mission? Contagion: Behena, Ipu and Nebat are marooned in the city, harassed by the royal guards, and desperately attempting to stay hidden. Behena's dream of recovering the magical book of Basanti troubles her, but she makes up her mind to search for it, since she believes that it may help restore her fortunes. Ipu, however, has serious doubts about the magic book, and even goes so far as to ridicule the gods, causing Nebat to recoil in religious panic.They search for the lost temple, reputed to contain the Book of Basanti, and venture inside. They discover a sarcophagus, with a mummy inside, but is it the long-deceased Body of Basanti? However, there's no sign of the missing magic book. All they find is a series of cryptic clues as to its whereabouts. They follow the clues, and eventually discover the magic book, but then come across an overwhelming obstacle. One that makes all their efforts fruitless.But Ipu puts forward a controversial solution, and Behena has no option but to accept it. They meet a magician, known to Ipu, and hand over the magic book to him. Behena holds grave doubts about this action, but realizes that she has no choice. The book predicts an upcoming catastrophe for the Egyptian nation, and implies that Behena has to solve it. And she does so, in a rather remarkable way.However, when success is almost assured, something drastic occurs. And it's something so dire that Behena may not survive. And worst still, she realizes that she might end up being the very one who brings the prophesized catastrophe to the whole of the Egyptian Nation.

Trouble is brewing on the human Earth, in the form of rat spies, sent by King Daemon. In order to counteract this latest threat, King Oliver appoints a special kind of deterrent, named Fluffy. However, not all is well with this appointment. Jack believes Fluffy to be an overbearing snob, while Fluffy thinks the humans are worse than useless. But there's another problem to be solved. Why can't Gloria the Ghost visit her human friends? After all, ghosts are supposed to be able to go anywhere they want. The solution to this puzzle requires some ingenuity and lateral thinking, but Gloria eventually joins her friends on the human Earth. She immediately wants to look for her parent's farm, and to track down any surviving relatives, but disappointment awaits her. In the meantime, the rats have decided on a frontal attack, causing everyone to flee for their very lives. In the end, it takes a very unorthodox plan for Jack, Jenny, Justin and Gloria to win the day

Sally has discovered something very disturbing. Thanks to her recent unforeseen Time Travel trip, not everything in her world is as it used to be. For one thing, something drastic has happened to her pet dragon, Rocky, but strangely. nobody, apart from her, seems to have noticed. And Mister Fox has disappeared from sight, and no one knows where he is. But the biggest event is yet to come. When Sally and Saul decide to visit the mysterious island shown to them on the magical vase, they uncover a startling secret, and that secret is going to lead them into untold danger. In fact, the fate of their two worlds may very well hang in the balance.To aid their cause, they enlist the help of Miss Simmons, but first they have to convince her that they are telling her the incredible truth. She harbors serious doubts about their tale, due to its astounding nature, but eventually accepts it. After convincing Miss Simmons, the three of them visit the island to further unveil the momentous secret Sally and Saul had discovered.Meanwhile, Saul is continuing with his mission to make Sally his wife. Sally, on the other hand, isn't sure if she wants to accept his unsubtle invitations. Her ingrained Naught background makes her suspicious of other people's motives. Will she, or won't she? She feels torn and finds making a firm decision to be very difficult indeed

The Ruins: Not everything is as it seems. This is a lesson soon to be discovered by David, Carl, Vivian, Simone and Vanish. Thanks to the magic of Mel, they embark on a visit to another world, where they encounter a set of ruins, which may, or may not, be of alien origin. However, the artifact they discover in those ruins causes an astonishing and surprising development in their lives. Their ordered existence descends into utter chaos, as they struggle to comprehend what has happened. But, as they frantically attempt to rectify the situation, it is obvious there will be no easy fix to their problem. It is up to Vanish, with his ingrained ability to notice even the tiniest detail, to come up with a solution, although it proves to be a very dangerous remedy indeed. Along the way, they thwart a power-mad megalomaniac, who has plans to conquer Earth, and all the other planets as well. If he isn't stopped, then death and destruction will ensue. Doppelganger: David, Vivian, Simone and Vanish appeared to be settling into an organized family life. But something sinister was about to happen. However, before that, Carl and Irene announced their wedding. This joyous announcement then sparked Vivian's interest in participating in a double wedding. David enthusiastically agrees and the wedding plans are put into motion. However, before that can happen, Vanish finds a mysterious intruder in the house - one who can apparently enter and depart through locked doors and windows without leaving a trace. Naturally enough, a magical creature is suspected, and Mel is caught up in the investigation. But the answer is far from clear. The presence of a creature is conformed, but there's a mystery attached, because the creature isn't really a creature at all. In fact, when David and Carl finally track it down, they experience a substantial shock. The confusion mounts when Vivian disappears and it takes a concerted effort to find her. But, in the end, it's a totally unexpected life-changing decision from Simone that truly confounds everyone.

This is an unusual tale of an unusual love affair, which combines laughter and tears in equal amounts. Most of the happenings revolve around an innocent, childlike young woman, Melody, who is lost in mind and spirit, and is being targeted by a group of zealots, who believe her to be a 'vampire'. This may or may not be the case but, nevertheless, she harbors a shocking secret, necessary to her survival. She is befriended by Kim (a martial arts Master with a corresponding temper to match) and her brother (a clueless but clever, sarcastic nerd). Together, aided by a psychic investigator, they foil several bizarre attacks by the zealots, with Melody barely escaping with her life on each occasion. In the relatively peaceful interludes between attacks, Melody discovers the true meaning of love. She yearns to be a mother, and Kim and Paul devise a rather unique solution to her desire. But all is not well, because the zealots refuse to surrender, and the story unwinds to an inevitable tragic conclusion.......

The Treaty: The unprecedented treaty between the two worlds is about to be signed, but all is not well. For one thing, Sally finds herself being surreptitiously followed once again, and that is never a good thing for her peace of mind. Plus, to confuse her thoughts, she finds herself thinking about her relationship with Saul and what to do about it. She has no idea how to proceed and is even unsure if she should proceed at all. But events come to a climax during the actual Treaty Signing Ceremony. Aided by Saul, Sally uncovers not one, but two assassination attempts on the lives of the new world's ambassadors. And, if that wasn't enough, she unexpectedly falls prey to a killer. But all of this pales into insignificance when Rocky, her pet baby dragon, uncovers a mysterious box, containing a single baffling page. It appears to be written in some kind of complex cipher, and it's up to Miss Fortuna to unravel its hidden meaning. However, the secret she unravels produces a very unexpected and inexplicable happening.Rebellion: After using the three rings to create a mysterious blue light, Sally ends up in a situation she can't fully understand. For some unknown reason, she finds herself hounded out of the One section of the city and forced to hide in the Naught area. To add to this confusion, she couldn't detect any civic improvements to the Naught suburbs. She'd been assured that these improvements had taken place. Has she been lied to all this time? Had she been played for a fool? To compound her bewilderment, none of her magical rings work anymore. Determined to find some answers, she employs her Naught hiding skills to make her way to Master Wentworth's house, hoping that he can explain what has happened to her.Unfortunately, when she confronts Master Wentworth, he confounds her by claiming that he has never seen her before in his life.Despite this momentous setback, Sally manages to persuade her employer to consult with Miss Fortuna. But, like Master Wentworth, Miss Fortuna also claims a total ignorance of Sally. What follows is a frenzied attempt by Sally to prove her identity to these two skeptical former acquaintances. She partly succeeds, by putting forward a theory that, thanks to the blue light, she has somehow skipped into the Past. To return to her Time Period, she proposes to once again uncover all the rings, hoping that this action will somehow 'activate' them and recreate the blue light to take her home. Along the way to achieve this end, she meets Mister Trent and Sir Alex Wright for the 'first' time and has to convince them that she isn't telling a whole string of lies. She also finds herself involved in an unprecedented Naught uprising.However, Sally has serious doubts about what she is doing. Is she changing the Past to the detriment of her Present? Will all of her meddling in the Past prevent her from returning back to where she belongs? And even if she can return, will everything she knows be altered?

Jenny, Jack and Justin, accompanied by Whiskers, Feathers, the ghost Gloria and the snobbish Fluffy, have set out in an effort to discover the whereabouts of the mysterious fifth key. However, Jack has been plagued by a peculiar dream, in which he saw a tree growing in a pile of bones. Despite Fluffy's sneering dismissal of this dream, Jack is convinced it is some kind of an omen, pointing to the location of the key. Inspired by this, they travel through a swamp, much to Fluffy's disapproval, and eventually find Jack's dream tree. The bones are also found to be present, thus verifying the dream to be some kind of a portent of things to come. As everyone searches for the fifth key, the bones begin to behave in a most peculiar way and disturbing way, leading to a frightening scenario of the utmost danger. It is left up to Fluffy to try to eliminate the danger and to obtain the fifth key. She eventually does so, but their victory is not assured, as an army of rats puts in a belated appearance and threatens to overwhelm them. The situation appears dire until Whiskers and Jack hatch a devious plan of escape and entrust the implication of it to Gloria. But will the plan succeed?

The unprecedented treaty between the two worlds is about to be signed, but all is not well. For one thing, Sally finds herself being surreptitiously followed once again, and that is never a good thing for her peace of mind. Plus, to confuse her thoughts, she finds herself thinking about her relationship with Saul and what to do about it. She has no idea how to proceed and is even unsure if she should proceed at all. But events come to a climax during the actual Treaty Signing Ceremony. Aided by Saul, Sally uncovers not one, but two assassination attempts on the lives of the new world's ambassadors. And, if that wasn't enough, she unexpectedly falls prey to a killer. But all of this pales into insignificance when Rocky, her pet baby dragon, uncovers a mysterious box, containing a single baffling page. It appears to be written in some kind of complex cipher, and it's up to Miss Fortuna to unravel its hidden meaning. However, the secret she unravels produces a very unexpected and inexplicable happening.

Mister Tree: With their enemies seemingly out of sight, Master Wentworth, Miss Simmons and Sally are free to pursue their agenda of uniting of the two worlds. However, something momentous is about to happen. On a visit to the mountains with Miss Fortuna, Sally's pet baby dragon, Rocky, uncovers an astounding artifact. It turns out to be another ring, which, when tested, transports Sally and Miss Fortuna to a most unexpected Reality. The alien landscape is strange enough, but the two then meet the impossible. Although they find it difficult to believe, Miss Fortuna and Sally are confronted with a walking tree! And this is only the start of the weirdness, because the tree begins to 'talk' to them. Later on, in a nearby stream, Sally discovers something amazing, and this discovery commences a mental struggle with her conscience.After returning back to her home world, Sally acts as a guide to Saul, only to find that her enemies aren't as dormant as she had hoped. She finds herself being followed by a group of strangers who don't appear to be very friendly. However, Saul suggests an improbable solution, which turns out to be very effective. In the meantime, Master Wentworth has recruited Sir Alex Wright, who has been chosen to lead the delegation to the new world, in order to put a treaty of co-operation into place. But will it work? Is the new world going to be receptive to these overtures? The Bracelet: Everything appears to be going well for Sally. Master Wentworth and Miss Fortuna are producing the magical destination rings that transport people to the dragon world, and the treaty between the two planets seems to be progressing nicely. But something is noticeably wrong. Sally feels as if she's being followed. But why? She isn't involved in the treaty or the ring manufacture. So, who could possibly have any interest in her? Shaking off her fears, Sally finds herself questioning her ongoing relationship with Saul, the boy she met on the dragon world. Exactly what should she be doing with him? She had no previous experience with 'love', if that's what it was. But more momentous events were afoot. Rocky, her pet baby dragon, uncovers something very mysterious. It's a golden bracelet, but is it related to the magical rings? And, if it is, what precisely does it do? Saul and Sally experiment with the bracelet and discover that it possesses a most extraordinary power - a power that will definitely be needed, because an extremely dangerous situation will soon fall on their unsuspecting heads.

The search for the fourth key has begun. Jack, Jenny and Justin set off, accompanied by Whiskers the tiger and Feathers the eagle. Also coming along on the mission is the latest, and the most unusual member of their group - Gloria, the ghost. As usual, Jack and Jenny are fighting with each other, as are Whiskers and Feathers. It's up to a harried Justin to act as an impartial referee to the battling couples. However, all is not well on the mission. They encounter a party of rats and have to make a detour through a creepy forest in order to avoid a confrontation. But their troubles are just beginning because, in the forest, they discover that something is stalking them. What the stalker turns out to be is quite a surprise, but another surprise is in store when they reach a bridge which connects to an island where the key is supposed to be hidden. A nasty creature awaits them on the bridge, but it appears to be an impossible reality. On the island, a mysterious monument is found, but it proves to hide a deadly secret. Luckily, Gloria is on hand to save the day, but she has to play a very dangerous game if she wants to rescue everyone.

Revelation: Sally is feeling confused about her feelings for Saul. She definitely likes him, but is she ready for a deeper commitment? It's hard for her to reconcile their differences, so she's wary of taking their friendship to a new level. But not everything is normal. Thanks to her unwitting recent time Travel adventure with the three rings, Sally finds a batch of anomalies in her life. For one thing, Mister Fox has disappeared, and nobody knows where he went. Instantly, Sally blames herself for his disappearance. And then, in the most shocking event of all, she discovers that Rocky is somehow now a fully grown adult dragon, instead of being the baby she remembered. Once again, Sally feels at fault and considers using the rings to go back in Time in order to change her previous actions.However, Fate intervenes, in the shape of a disturbing dream. It concerns Rocky, a key and flying. This combines with the physical discovery of a mysterious vase, which may hold the key to Sally's dream. It might also herald a momentous and unexpected revelation, if only the clues can be properly interpreted.Uru: Sally has discovered something very disturbing. Thanks to her recent unforeseen Time Travel trip, not everything in her world is as it used to be. For one thing, something drastic has happened to her pet dragon, Rocky, but strangely. nobody, apart from her, seems to have noticed. And Mister Fox has disappeared from sight, and no one knows where he is. But the biggest event is yet to come. When Sally and Saul decide to visit the mysterious island shown to them on the magical vase, they uncover a startling secret, and that secret is going to lead them into untold danger. In fact, the fate of their two worlds may very well hang in the balance.To aid their cause, they enlist the help of Miss Simmons, but first they have to convince her that they are telling her the incredible truth. She harbors serious doubts about their tale, due to its astounding nature, but eventually accepts it. After convincing Miss Simmons, the three of them visit the island to further unveil the momentous secret Sally and Saul had discovered.Meanwhile, Saul is continuing with his mission to make Sally his wife. Sally, on the other hand, isn't sure if she wants to accept his unsubtle invitations. Her ingrained Naught background makes her suspicious of other people's motives. Will she, or won't she? She feels torn and finds making a firm decision to be very difficult indeed.

The Lost City: While on a picnic, Stephen, Thorn, Tricks and Zen discover something very unusual. They accidently find a series of unknown symbols, carved into a rock wall. Intrigued, they take their findings to Durect, the Chief Librarian, who is as puzzled about the mysterious symbols as they are. However, after some study, Durect concludes that what was found represent an unknown language, which points towards a previously unknown race of ancient origins.Encouraged by this, they decide to continue with their explorations. In doing so, they uncover a secret tunnel that leads them to a long-forgotten city. In this deserted habitation, they come across a tentative link to the lost elf ancestors of Tricks, but they also uncover something shocking. These forgotten people worshipped a very disturbing Entity and their method of worship was terrible indeed.And then, Durect, lost in a frenzy of new discoveries, does something incredibly dangerous. In fact, it's so dangerous that it could spell the end of the entire underground civilization, unless his action is somehow reversed. Blood stone: Something terrible is about to happen to the fairy settlement in the shape of the Knarl - huge, aggressive spiders, whose aim is to enslave all the races. A war is inevitable, but who is going to lead the allied patchwork army? And will ordinary tactics work against the overwhelming numbers of the enemy? A miracle is needed, but where do you find one?Stephen is appointed Army Commander but is extremely reluctant to be in charge. However, what other choice is there? It's a recognized fact that the fairies, dwarfs and elves know nothing about waging war.As well as the Knarl themselves, there is also the matter of the fire-breathing miniature dragons to be considered. Is it possible to prevail against such odds? Stephen and his companions certainly mean to try. In the middle of all of this, Nix may finally have discovered love in the shape of a half-starved escapee slave. Then begins a race to find something called the 'blood stone', but why do the Knarl want it so badly, and what exactly is it for? The final battle climax is both bloody, enthralling and tragic.