Long After the Peace of Pantala and Pyhhria, Jade Mountain Academy (JMA) will have some peculiar students, such as Fern, the LeafWing who can do the strongest amount of Leafspeak ever seen, MidnightShadow, the NightWing who has visions and is an Animus, Amazon the "Mirror Image" RainWing, Caterpillar, the Flamesilk with a stinger, and even little Lobster, the SeaWing who can talk to crustaceans. Everyone says that Mist is lucky to not be so weird, but soon he realizes that something is very wrong at Copper winglet. Mist knows nothing about his past, except he knows that his Mother is a SpiritWing called Mystic and a few other clues to his life from his IceWing guardians. He always knew that his guardians were hiding something from him. But what he didn't know is that when he was still an egg, his mother sacrificed herself to save him from the dreaded Greensnake Cobra's. But she didn't hide him very well. The king of the Greensnake Cobra's cursed him with his one emerald eye. Soon Mist's world turns upside down. It turns out that "Professor Darkstar " is actually Darkstalker in disguise. When he gets Mist's emerald, he thinks it's useless so he breaks it. This makes the world shatter, just as the prophecy MidnightShadow blurted out this morning said: "The Emerald shines bright and strong, destined to the owners curse. When it breaks, the ground shall shake and Dragons diverse will be gone, Unless the Spirit brings Leaf, Silk, Night, and Rain to sing this song:' Break the curse and what it's done. Do not flee the mighty Sun. Or the snakes will bite and the snakes will fight and maybe the battle is won. But if thou seek the Golden Dagger, then the world will not shatter. One choice. One way. One time of day; to bring bake whats lost, the right, and the Moons light.'" It's up to these five to save the world - the Peculiar way.
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.