Celestia Chronicles The Ashes Of Hope

This is no longer a fairytale. Perhaps it never was. Emberglass has slipped from the clutches of one evil queen to another; maybe Adaire is not the hero Celestia needs. It is better to turn away before she makes things worse, but Adaire is already too deeply entwined. And when Queen Sereia seeks her out, she must rethink where her loyalties lie. It is difficult to be the hero, but sometimes it is harder to be the villain.

The world was slowly dissolving into chaos, When a zaralia stumbled in. But not this world, A world with magic that would make your head spin. Celestia - a world of pixies, With four kingdoms that flourished. Sprawling forests, shimmering lakes, And rulers who were cherished. The wane began when the great king of Emberglass, The kingdom of Infernos in the north, Was murdered with his wife and eldest daughter, alas, Leaving young princess Zyra to rule forth. No sooner had the queen ascended her throne, That she dropped her sweet façade. She killed, looted and pillaged, And burnt down the cities that were in her eyes, deeply flawed. What happened next is unclear, For the kingdom was shrouded in magic and mist, The people could not rebel for fear, That the queen would hunt them if they resist. What happens next must be seen, Can Adaire, Sapphire and Faye, Defeat the evil queen, And keep evil at bay?

Destiny's path is not always a clear cut trail, a discovery the tinker's daughter is about to make in this dramatic sequel to Hope Flies on Broken Wings. Armed with little more than a tattered shirt, a whisper of hope, and a protective charm, Collie flees from the seaside ghosts of Donnel that haunt her soul and dares to cross into the Tillaman Realm. There, she succumbs to a charismatic young knight named Morgan who offers her sanctuary, only to learn that a pretty smile is not always to be trusted. Her ultimate fate is precariously held in the mind of a catatonic child, and a deep, winter snow has settled over the boundary mountains, blocking all roads of escape. Bound to Morgan and hopelessly entangled in a dangerous game of brutality and possession, all Collie wants now is to return home.

"We'll make it through, I swear. Whatever happens, we'll make it through."Eight years ago, Seren Frost, Callum Atwater, and Senna Goven staged a coup against the oppressive Sythian government and were forced into exile. And now, with the help of the most feared pirates in Sythia, they are ready to rise again, ready to free Sythia once and for all. Or so they think.A debut novel by Scholastic award winner Caroline Jones.