An explosion set off in central downtown Auckland sends the city into a panic. The Emerald Queen, a luxury cruise ship, lays still just off the coast of the Pacific Islands; Its passengers have all disappeared into thin air. An ancient temple collapses on a group of tourists in Bali, killing dozens. A young boy dressed in rags drifts ashore in a dinghy, dead. These devastating chain of events are linked by an invisible thread - will anyone see the signs, or will the world be thrown into a catastrophe? If left unchecked, humanity will be pushed to the brink of extinction, and all that will be left for the survivors is to drift in desperate hope for tomorrow.

[12 Chapter Preview of 2019 Edition-2025 Edition Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble] When an army of darkness falls from the sky, Alex Kingsley enlists the help of her male peers and ventures into spirit-infested lands to save humanity. ***** She's an outcast cursed to consume the memories of anything she touches. A woman fated to repopulate the nation's army. A breeder barred from the sword. And she's desperate for a taste of freedom. So when a tournament is held to recruit the army's best candidates, Alex Kingsley does what she does best: she intervenes. But it's only after dark forces are unleashed upon humanity that Alex finally has the chance to prove herself -- and put her curse to good use. ***** 2020 Watty Award Winner: Fantasy 1st Place Admiration Awards 2020: Fantasy

"I think I'm old enough for a little respect." In the winter of 1922, teens Vivian and Gilbert watch their family disintegrate. Their chemist father always travels. Their mom seems awfully interested in that slick traveling salesman - and in drinking wine. It's like seeing an airplane in a nose dive and waiting for the crash. The teens desperately desire to be grown up, but they need wings to fly, and air beneath. Little do they know that famed pilot and inventor Cecilia "Ace" Carroway has landed in their tiny town. The maverick heroine has plenty to teach them, but she also attracts mystery and danger. Can it be coincidence that two strangers lurk by the old jail? Will the injection of international intrigue help Vivian and Gilbert pull up from their nose dive and fly? Or will it just make the inevitable crash worse? ------- This YA adventure story is complete.