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Seventeen-year-old Ellyce Jensen’s ordinary life shatters when her father vanishes, leaving behind a mysterious key and cryptic clues hidden in his novels. When Ellyce discovers a secret room filled with ancient artifacts and different versions of her father’s books, she realizes Thomas Jensen wasn’t just a writer. He was a guardian. His stories were maps to seven supernatural realms called the Land of Finish. And Ellyce? She’s the heir to an ancient bloodline with one impossible mission: unite the fractured kingdoms before war consumes them.

It's 1861, and although Mike Kelly is far younger than the legal age of 16, he and his best friend Todd secretly join up with the Second Kansas Infantry and become army drummer boys. Mike's dreams of glory end when he's wounded at the bloody Battle of Wilson's Creek and must begin a dangerous adventure behind enemy lines.

Thomas finds himself at the mercy of the evil king of Westland. With no hope for escape, he must face an impossible test for survival amidst a quest for the greatest of all the giant secrets. Book three caps this award-winning trilogy with a danger-ridden triple quest: Save Thomas, redeem a lost people, and reverse the land's painful slide toward destruction. Can help be found in a mythical cave at the far edge of the world?

Mariel might have stayed on her father’s ship forever, at peace with her life of banishment at sea, but then she discovers a note in the water with her missing brother’s name on it. To find him, Mariel must go on land where humans are hunted, imprisoned, and killed. As she infiltrates Fae society in search of her brother, Mariel realizes her best chance is to team up with a Fae Captain that seems all too willing to trust her, despite his suspicions of her true identity.

Cadence just wants to help Airlie. Instead she’s trapped in a double life at the Guild. And with nomad delegations arriving for a royal tour, everything is only growing more complicated. As the threat from both the raiders and the fallen kingdom grows, Cadence and Zeke’s charade is stretched to a breaking point as they fight for their friends. But how can Cadence keep everyone safe when she’s growing less sure of who she can trust? Desperately searching for a way to help Cadence from afar, Airlie must find a way to unleash her own power before it’s too late for both of them.

El más bizarro, alocado y divertido viaje de fin de curso al más puro estilo Hecatombe. Un grupo de compañeros de colegio a punto de egresar del secundario están todos enfocados en el esperado viaje de fin de curso, pero un acontecimiento inesperado trastornará todos sus planes y quedarán en medio de la más bizarra y divertida de las aventuras.