Showing results for "awakenings" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Tess Eckhart isn't crazy. She's not suffering from psychosis. She and Luka Williams are part of The Gifting. Before they can find out what that means, the man with all the answers turns up dead. The only thing he left behind? A few patient files that lead to the nation's most lawless city.

Ian never expected to return to his home in Darkwood, not after his father tried to kill him. Yet, his fate was forever changed. To save his mother from the Reaper, Ian would need to master his spirit powers, which meant letting go of old wounds and reconciling with his estranged father. But being haunted by nightmares of skeletons and rats in the walls, plus unruly children causing mayhem all over Darkwood, and some unexpected house guests, nothing was so simple.

A king grappling with personal tragedy prepares his army to save his kingdom. A restless princess seeks love and adventure. In the middle of it all is Traven, a poor, ambitious peasant who dreams of being more than a simple woodcutter and unknowingly holds the key to saving the world.

Sixteen-year-old Orion is about to find out, as his world is thrown into turmoil. When he learns that the stars are his home and that he is destined to rule over a kingdom. His world is thrown into chaos as he must leave everything he knows behind, risking losing himself and his humanity to save magical races he never knew existed. With the help of his newfound companion, Orion must embark on a journey to dangerous new places and take on an unknown evil that seeks to take over his kingdom.

Thirteen-year-old Ian Grim has always lived under a cloud of whispers and suspicion—a perpetual outsider, marked by a darkness within he doesn’t understand. But the veil of mystery begins to unravel the night his mother vanishes and his father threatens his life. While on the run, Ian learns of a shadow war raging between humanity and the infamous Reaper, and of the Ridirean Anam, Soul Knights who wield their spirits against the ever-growing, supernatural forces.

To make a change in their dreamless world, these siblings have to start breaking the rules. Calista Knight is too curious for her own good, and being an asthmatic in a school training strategists and soldiers is tough as it is. Bracing for a new year of challenging academics and constant bullying at Fortress Military Academy, she only wants to make friends. She never expected to learn about dreams in the process.

Meet Benjamin Dragon, a boy with a gift.... Benjamin is smart, really smart. Without asking Benjamin, his parents move to a new town and put him two grades ahead of where he should be. Now a full head shorter than other kids in his new school, Benjamin is a perfect target for bullies. Is he destined to be an outcast once again? Then strange things start happening. A bully brushed aside. A car diverted from smashing into a young girl. Is it coincidence or is Benjamin making them happen?

The Awakening of Little Me, can be everyone's story, for children and adults alike. It is a sweet fable of true spiritual discovery, from the earliest memories of blissful infancy through the happiness and sadness, excitement and confusion of childhood. It is about life and finding what is essential. Little Me's world is so enticing yet so fragile and ever-changing. Is there any way back to the truth and beauty of our origin? Listen, be still, remember and enjoy!

When best friends, TJ, Andréa, and Cora are caught in a herculean hurricane, they find themselves transported to a secret dragon realm knows as Alpha. And if they ever want to return to their old lives, they'll have to fulfill an secret prophecy...or remain stranded in this realm! Reluctant but willing, they attend a mystical academy where humans are considered a myth. There, they must hide their true nature, as they learn to live in harmony with the animal, elemental, and plant kingdoms. And they discover that to return to Earth, they must accept a sacred duty to help both realms.

Robyn and Kit have magic-sense, a forbidden power to see and hear beyond earthly sight and sound. They keep it from each other, but it haunts them relentlessly. When they finally spill it, it opens an enchanted doorway back to the Kingdom of Forever, where magic-sense began. A message is carved on the door: Welcome Skyborn warrior. Your awakening is now. It invites them to join Prince Calemir and the Skyborn people to learn about this forgotten life, defend the royal kingdom, and restore the gift of magic-sense to Earth.

Myles is an average thirteen-year-old boy until one day, Sally Munson shows up with purple pants on that look like a Halloween costume. As classmates tease and make fun of her, Myles starts to see these negative words as fireballs of energy being thrown at Sally. He finds himself in the middle of a war zone invisible to everyone but him! In a suspenseful, supernatural tale of self-discovery and friendship with constant, unexpected twists and turns, Myles tries to understand his newfound superpower. He not only learns about the energy exchange between humans but the energy of all things.

"Threads of Power" is a story that celebrates the power and interconnectedness of diverse heritage. Through Kenyon's journey, he discovers the profound significance of his ancestral and mythological lineages and the responsibility that comes with his extraordinary gifts from two of his ancestors: The Roman god Uranus and the Nigerian Yoruba God-King, Oduduwa. A young sorcerer, Selena Blackwood is hell-bent on severing the connections between history and mythology.