Bøger af Gloria Piper

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 king he is required to serve as a musician. Elsewhere in the kingdom, Peregrine, a face reader of an outlawed race driven toward extinction, searches for that last remnant, which Skye represents. Her companion is a goddess-touched parrot with his own agenda.

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 investigate its cause and discover a greater problem. Someone wants to control all critters in Squiggly Wood. This story parodies social, political, and commercial manipulation while taking the reader on the archetypal search for one's purpose in life.

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 Balofur, a lone groombug, hideously scarred. No groombug can live without his dragon, so they join together. However their relationship turns uneasy when Rumplewing learns Balofur is only borrowing her until he can rescue his very much alive dragon from outworlders who are capturing and killing dragons. Rumplewing and Balofur are caught up in the struggle to preserve themselves and save their species. The first clue to their salvation lies with two outworlders, an unstable boy and his mother who is married to the enemy. Welcome to Rumplewing's planet.

Sister Angelina ranks among the lowliest members of her commune, despite being the priest's wife. After all, the position of priestess is already filled by a woman of great powers. Angelina never questions this arrangement. She never questions the thrall in which her husband holds her. She has no questions at all, until the brothers bring in a child whose spirit is too bright and who asks too many questions.

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 his dragon, so they join together. However, their relationship turns uneasy when Rumplewing learns Balfour is only borrowing her until he can rescue his very much alive dragon from outworlders who are capturing and killing dragons. Rumplewing and Balfour are caught up in the struggle to preserve themselves and save their species. The first clue to their salvation lies with two outworlders, an unstable boy and his mother who is married to the enemy. Welcome to Rumplewing's planet.

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 Balofur, a lone groombug, hideously scarred. No groombug can live without his dragon, so they join together. However, their relationship turns uneasy when Rumplewing learns Balofur is only borrowing her until he can rescue his very much alive dragon from outworlders who are capturing and killing dragons. Rumplewing and Balofur are caught up in the struggle to preserve themselves and save their species. The first clue to their salvation lies with two outworlders, an unstable boy and his mother who is married to the enemy. Welcome to Rumplewing's planet.