Bøger af Victoria Bastedo

The Quest to save the city of Moonlight is underway. The Otterby traveling in Anthym's pocket keeps taking them back to swim in the sea. Besides the dangerous Bharkers, they meet the Zilkies, who give them rides on their backs, and find the passageway to the Mere. At last Kye sees Moonlight's mysterious benefactors, and learns why Anthym has to be risked. Under the blue depths of the water secrets arise and try to finish the boy off. It will take everything Kye has to give to save him.

Exili's Excellent Elucidation Services: Satisfaction Guarantee: 'If You Die, You Won't be Billed.' Much easier, isn't it, to elucidate the clues after the victims are safely dead, like other detectives get to do? But Exili prefers walking through danger with his clients, thereby preventing their demise. Using his fabulous, deciphering feet he senses emanations of murderous evil towards the Flintelf, Goodall. The very least the creature could do is hire him. Either Goodall will see the murderer's shadow rising up behind him, or Exili's four-foot shade waving the bill. The Flintelf is going to pay one way or another.

Standing at the cliff edge, the mute Zephyr dropped over an animated thought tapestry that expressed all her loneliness and yearning. A Blue Howler snatched her in response; a mysterious blue creature of the night wind. Zephyr woke up to find herself in an underground cavern world, but one filled with light, air and other humans. She could only express herself through her Thought Energy pictures.Meeting the prince of Istish, she was drawn into helping him save his city from a dreadful enemy.With his instincts the prince understood her better than anyone she'd ever known. But saving the city might require the ultimate expression of love; they might have to give their lives.

Mini-Droids were the new rave in personal phone devices. They walked. Their lips moved when they talked. The male Mini-Droid was named Colepepper and looked just like his inventor. The female was named Poppy and looked... just like her. How dare the man reproduce her form into a seven-inch droid, and then mass produce it so she couldn't help but run into the thing everywhere she went?Ten years ago Colepepper McSimmons left her and their young love behind without a second thought. Now he just shows up at her tea shop door and asks for a dinner date? The man was crazy and her frustration could only be cured in one way. She started a blog that soon became quite popular. It was called Killpoppy.com.

Soft Sci-Fi Adventure: T.E.D.D.I.E. stood for Trusted-Educated-Deferential-Dedicated-Inspirational-Extrapolator and B.E.A.R. stood for Bearing-Extreme-Apprehension-and Rage. As ship's psychiatrist, Felix was used to spending more time with the overwhelmed loners in the crew rather than the top-flighters on the Bridge. But this mission was different. From his borrowed captain's chair to his insides being shredded, he'd have to prove his right to wear the ears.

In order to fix time a Mechanic must be chosen.Jeremy was an ordinary man one minute, and then he became the Time Mechanic the next. Being ordinary hadn't prepared him for having strange visions, getting stuck with odd teammates compelled to stay by his side, or the massive responsibility. He was the one man who could prevent the current time from becoming a tragic history lesson and it was terrifying. If he managed to succeed, who would he become after being the Time Mechanic?

It's taken fourteen years for Kye, a soldier of Moonlight, to locate the boy of legend. Only this skinny, ginger, knocked-about lad has the bloodline to reach the Mere before the city of Moonlight is washed away. It's up to Kye to make certain the teenager lives until he can bring them across the sea and locate the Mere. Kye has to watch as the boy is poisoned and changed, as vicious Bharkers try to squeeze his life away, and as the telepathic Otterby traveling in the boy's pocket hints at future disaster. How will Kye feel about it if Anthym has to be sacrificed for some mysterious purpose of the Mere? When he reaches them, they'll find out what a soldier of Moonlight's fist felt like.

There were legends about Moordym Downs, that the Moor had given up the stones to build the castle, and that sometimes the Moordyms gave back one of their own in payment. People disappeared out in the rugged, untamed distance and were never heard from again. Still, Locke couldn't seem to resist the call of the undulating landscape. Inside the castle, the walls were steeped in dangerous secrets, but no mystery was as pressing as the blood that ran in his veins. Who was his father, and had he disappeared into the Moor? Soon Locke is running for his life. No more time to find true love with Jinslee, a headstrong young woman from the village who was a doctor-in-training. He might be drawn to disappear into the mysterious Moor forever.

Exili's Excellent Elucidation ServicesSatisfaction Guarantee: 'If you die, you won't be billed.' Brokenhearted, Exili travels away from home for his next mission, but his previous case haunts him. Helping others brings healing, until his fabulous deciphering feet discern lightning threads under the soil. No one else is aware of the danger. Once again Exili must try to convince those bigger than him to hire him, with no choice but to listen to the song of the Threadmaster.

Cinderella's stepsister meets an imp, a tinker, and her true self.It just isn't fair that Cinderella ends up with the prize and Atlantia is stuck with the drudgery. Instead of a godmother, Atlantia gets an imp. Instead of a romantic coach ride to a magnificent ball, she ends up down a side street at the wrong end of town. And instead of a handsome Prince, the only man interested in her is an impertinent tinker. Obviously, something needs to change. Atlantia just didn't expect the transformation to begin with herself. Was it possible God wanted her to learn something, not only about escaping hardship, but also about herself?

Exili's Excellent Elucidation ServicesSatisfaction Guarantee: 'If you die, you won't be billed.' Exili's new case isn't what he's used to, watching over a human teenager, and following the 16-year-old girl around. Someone is hunting her, but he can't tell if that person's grasping claw is also bent on harming other students. Revisiting his old school, sensing evil by use of his fabulous deciphering feet, Exili causes the red gaze of danger to focus on him instead of his client.

Soubrette knew the language of love- as long as it was aimed at a pitch-black poodle. But one hint of "does Fufu want a kissy num-num?" and Timothy Marsh was running for Seattle's seven hills. The poodle wasn't the only one with baggage; Soubrette was running too. Soon Timothy was involved in everything- car chases, evading P.I.'s, and visuals involving French maids and feather dusters. Will it be Timothy or the poodle that saves her?

Hidden in the trees is a boy with a mysterious past and powerful ability- will the team that found him have to watch him die?15-year-old Joaquin can sharpen his senses to an amazing degree, but then he needs to heal from the pain. His ability harms him but can help everyone else. He joins a mission team that works for the king and they travel south into danger. But entwining his life with his team moves Joaquin towards the inevitable choice he must make for them. Will his ability be a curse or the gift that saves his friends?