You must excuse the ramblings of an old man.There is much to tell in this storyMuch to tell.I could start at the beginning. That would make no sense to you.So I shall start at this place and in the understanding,you will come to know me and I will come to know you.For, this is how it began.This is the story of beginningsOf adventure.In the making of worldsThe creatures in it,the people that I met.Strange happenings,the Heart Awakenings.Of Castle Halls ,treesand much magickI pulled my cloak,closer ,it seems the folds,rippled. The silver stars moved across the Cloak,in the kaleidoscope of sky and of dreams.In the beauty of night I could hear my heart beat,amongst the stars,pulsing rhythm,in that soft firelight. A journey in the making to find a Heartstone.It is an interesting worldWith much in itThere is a lot to tell in this storyIt is not a short oneLet us sit by the fireThere will be many hours before I am done.

For every little girl who loves MAGIC BALLERINA and the RAINBOW FAIRIES comes a truly enchanting series from award-winning Australian author Emily Rodda. Ages 7-12. It's time for the Realm's great festival - the Night of Wishes. Queen Helena will put on her Star Cloak and use its magic to grant wishes. there's just one problem: Giff the elf has accidentally damaged the Cloak! Can Jessie convince the fairies of Stardust Mountain to fix the Star Cloak in time? Ages 7-12.

There was once a beautiful princess named Marika with skin the colour of honey and hair that rippled in a waterfall to her waist. The little princess was a happy child, full of fun and mischief and with a mind of her own.However, when her father decides it is time for Marika to marry, the task that she sets her prospective suitors seems destined to stump them all ... until she meets Xavier.

Serafina and Braeden make an epic return in the hotly anticipated fourth installment of Robert Beatty's #1 New York Times best-selling series. Serafina, the Guardian of Biltmore Estate, has won battle after battle against the dark forces encroaching on her home. Now, tranquility has returned to Biltmore. Serafina doesn’t trust it. She patrols the grounds night and day, hardly sleeping, uncertain of her place after her best friend Braeden Vanderbilt's departure for boarding school in New York. When Mr. Vanderbilt, the kind master of Biltmore, asks Serafina to move upstairs into one of the house's grandest rooms, she's sure it's to keep an eye on the guests who have arrived for the estate's annual hunt. But as Serafina investigates, she becomes more and more unsettled by what Biltmore has become—a place haunted by nameless terrors where no dark corridor is safe. Even worse, she begins to doubt her own senses. Is Braeden really hundreds of miles away, or did he return to Biltmore for one strange night before vanishing? Is the bond between them truly broken or is it stronger than ever? Then Serafina witnesses a crime that turns her world upside down. How can all that once seemed good and worthy of protection now be evil? And how can she guard those around her when she can't even be sure of the truth of her own heart? Serafina and the Seven Stars marks the return of a heroine like no other, as master storyteller Robert Beatty weaves his darkest, most astonishing tale yet.

"Never go into the deep parts of the forest, for there are many dangers there, and they will ensnare your soul." Serafina has never had a reason to disobey her pa and venture beyond the grounds of the Biltmore estate.There's plenty to explore in her grand home, although she must take care to never be seen. None of the rich folk upstairs know that Serafina exists; she and her pa, the estate's maintenance man, have secretly lived in the basement for as long as Serafina can remember. But when children at the estate start disappearing, only Serafina knows who the culprit is:a terrifying man in a black cloak who stalks Biltmore's corridors at night. Following her own harrowing escape, Serafina risks everything by joining forces with Braeden Vanderbilt, the young nephew of the Biltmore's owners. Braeden and Serafina must uncover the Man in the Black Cloak's true identity...before all of the children vanish one by one. Serafina's hunt leads her into the very forest that she has been taught to fear. There she discovers a forgotten legacy of magic, one that is bound to her own identity. In order to save the children of Biltmore, Serafina must seek the answers that will unlock the puzzle of her past.

Drew is caught in a world of light - just inches away from the dark What if...there was a world beyond our vision, a world just fingertips beyond our reach? What if...our world wasn’t beyond their influence? Tragedy and heartache seem to be waiting for Drew Carter at every turn, but college offers Drew a chance to start over—until an accident during a physics experiment leaves him blind and his genius friend, Benjamin Berg, missing. As his sight miraculously returns, Drew discovers that the accident has heightened his neuron activity, giving him skills and sight beyond the normal man. When he begins to observe fierce invaders that no one else can see, he questions his own sanity, and so do others. But is he insane or do the invaders truly exist? With help from Sydney Carlyle, a mysterious and elusive girl who offers encouragement through her faith, Drew searches for his missing friend, Ben, who seems to hold the key to unlocking this mystery. As the dark invaders close in, will he find the truth in time?

A shepherd shears his sheep, spins the wool, weaves and dyes the yarn, and makes beautiful red cloak.

Cloak and Dagger: Dark Matters #1 It is a scientific truth that the structure of the universe depends on the amount of "dark matter" contained in the cosmos. When sinister forces threaten to tamper with the very nature of reality, Captain Janeway and the crew of the U.S.S. Voyager must risk everything to restore the universal balance.... Years ago, near the beginning of its long journey, Voyager made contact with a brilliant Romulan scientist whose present was Voyager 's past. Now Telek R'Mor communicates with Janeway again -- to warn her of a dire plot to capture Voyager and turn its "future" technology against the Federation of yesterday. But more than just the timeline is at stake. Voyager itself may be carrying a menace deadly to all creation!

"Your new name is John Apparite." So begins the odyssey of ex-FBI agent John Apparite, recruited by an enigmatic man he knows only as the "Director" into the most powerful and secret espionage program in U.S. history. Apparite soon finds himself battling mobsters blackmailing FBI head J. Edgar Hoover, and then disrupting a Soviet KGB plot to steal vital U.S. missile-fuel secrets in London. Yet the toughest adversary the young "Superagent" must face is perhaps the most elusive and dangerous one of all: himself. Why does John Apparite, who has long kept himself at an emotional distance from his fellow man, start feeling human again, even as he takes the lives of so many others? Can this basically decent young man from the Maryland backwoods, who is also the world's biggest Washington Senators baseball fan, reconcile himself with the cruel nature of his duty? And who is this mysterious person he calls the "Director"?I. Michael Koontz was born in 1963, and is a medical professional living in the Midwest with his wife and two young daughters.