Across the wild mountains, the silver train glides on a cushion of air, carrying within its plastic walls the world of orphans. Its destination? Nowhere. The illegally born must live out their lives inside this computerized train. Admin wills it so. ...
Every dragon, at least on our planet, has a personal groombug--a globular little critter that earns its keep by grooming its host dragon and providing companionship. I called my groombug Tweekie. Together, Tweekie and I tried our best to teach a crip...
“Stay away from the water, the killing water that will shiver your bones and suck your breath.” At first adolescent Seagren wants to obey, but she is caught between the tug of the sea and the pull of the land. She is That Other Kind, diff...
Wren, a shape-shifter with flawed magic, must become hostage of an emperor before he can find freedom for himself and his captive king. However his struggle embroils a nation in conflict, and he must save a little girl's life or die....
Finnegan, a young fox, searches Squiggly Wood for the perfect guru, only to collide with resistance. Guides and misguides attack his teaming up with Crookshank, crow elder reputed to have an evil foot. Pushing against this resistance, the two investi...
Skye, a half blood with two conflicting natures, fails in his struggle for balance when he "borrows" a magical pearl from his only friend, a forest sprite. He yearns to return the pearl, but it is the only thing that protects him from the soul-eating...
Her wings are smashed, her groombug gone. No dragon can live without a groombug, so Rumplewing must leave her clan and die. Instead, she reclaims life when she stumbles upon Balfour, a lone groombug, hideously scarred. No groombug can live without hi...