eLife Books and Authors

Septimus Heap Book One: Magyk is a teen fiction novel written by Angie Sage. The story starts where as a mother gives birth to a seventh son of a seventh son of a seventh son named Septimus Heap and this made him very powerful. On the same night of him being born he suddenly disappearance out of thin air. And with all the searching and searching the midwife reluctantly has to declare him dead.

On the same night of the traumatic event the father go searching through the snow covered ground for the son and comes across a beautiful violet eyed baby girl and with no one or parent around he decides to take her in as one of his own and they decide to name her Jenna. But where did this newborn baby come from and what was it doing left alone in the middle of the ground in the cold snow and what mysterious thing happened that night for their son to just disappear with no explanation at all. You can purchase this book at our Web-store or by clicking the link Magyk (Septimus Heap, Book 1). 

The Bartimaeus Trilogy: Book One is a teen fiction novel written by Johnathan Stroud. The story is set in London and evolves around a 11 year old boy named Nathaniel who was sold to the government by his parents to be a magicians apprentice. He would be trained the old traditional arts of magic. But when he meets a professional magician named Simon Loveless that only strives for the pure power of magic brutally humiliates Nathaniel in public this upsets him so much that he decides to rush and speed up his education in the arts.

He decides to take the power of the arts in his own hands by learning spells that are way beyond his experience level. He learns one inparticular which is one of the hardest spells to master. The spell is to summon a five thousand year old djinni named Bartimaeus, but when summoning a djinni of this caliber is to hard to control especially when he learns your name.

while summed Bartimaeus learns Nathaniel’s birth name and in the magician world if a demon knew your birth name they would hold more power over the user. Nathaniel tells bartimeaus to steal the Amulet of Samarkand which is Simon Loveless most powerful and prized possession. Doing that leads him into a magical twisting and turning story of rebellion and murder. You can purchase this book at our web-store or by clicking the links The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1)  or the whole trilogy The Bartimaeus Trilogy Boxed Set.

The Revenge of the Shadow King is a teen fiction novel written by Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis. Max Summers and his three friends Natalia, Ernie, and Harley have started a secret club named the Gray Griffins. It is very quit in a small Minnesota town. But not till him and his friends played the Grey Griffin card game that involve Unicorns, Goblins, Fairys, and other mythical creatures.

But not too long after they begin playing the game beast like the ones on the cards made their own apperences and when Max starts to notice these creatures right outside his house he realizes that something has gone horribly wrong. After Max tells his friends everything he saw around his house they all begin to wonder how this could have happened.

But now instead of wondering what they could have done they now are trying to figure out how to stop the madness and destroy the creatures that are tearing up their whole neighbor hood not even to mention saving the world itself. You can purchase this book at our Web-store our by clicking the link The Revenge of the Shadow King.

Fairest is a teen fiction novel written by Gail Carson Levine. The Fairy known as Lucinda now has once more given a terrible present. The present is a weird and strangely enchanting mirror. The mirror soon falls into to the wrong hands of a girl named Aza. She is the ugliest girl in the whole kingdom of Ayortha and never looks in the mirror but only looks if she has to but even though shes the ugliest girl in the world she has her own gifts as well.

She can do just about anything with her voice. A voice that mesmerizes all who hear it. Many people would avoid looking at her and even spit in her direction. But the Gnomes do not seem to mind her at all and when she asks a Gnome named ZhamM if he can see her future he said that her life will be in great danger and that she should meet him at the pub and that is all.

But when she breaks the most valuable mirror she realizes that the foretelling of her future is coming true. But when the prince Ijori hears the voice of Aza he is drawn to the sound of it and when the Queen hears it she wishes to have it for herself to remain the fairest women in the kingdom and is willing to do everything to get it. You can purchase this Book at our Web-store or by clicking the link Fairest.

Artemis Fowl is the second book in the teen fiction Artemis fowl series written by Eoin colfer. This book starts of where Artemis unwillingly and board is in another boarding school called St. Bartleby’s school for young gentleman. After Artemis is finished criticizing Dr. Po in his taste of old antique furniture he is emailed a video of a man plying for his life but when the man says “hi, son” Artemis’s heat drops because he knows it’s his father who he thought drowned in his trip to sell hot cola to the Russians.

He has been captured and held by the Russian Mafia for a huge some of gold. But as soon has Arty is almost ready to leave he is stopped by pesky little nemesis Cpt. Holly Short who is a member of the LEPrecon (Lower, Elements, Police) Fairy Police department. Now they must put their differences aside and come together as a team to stop the Russian Mafia And to save one of the two people in this world he truly loves.

But Holly can’t just help Artemis on his desperate quest to save his father because he is an ex human criminal and she is unauthorized nor has the power to do so. You can purchase this book at our store or by clicking the link The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, Book 2).

Fantasy Encyclopedia is a fictional guide to the of world Fantasy written by Judy Allen and art from John Howe and Richard Hook forword by Jonathan Stroud. Ever wondered what the fantasy creatures would look like if they were real? how tall would they’d be or how small would they be well there is a book that will tell everything you need to know from the tricky little creatures like Fairies to the mischievous creatures like Golems.

The book describes what the creatures look like and how the creatures survived hundreds of years by children of all ages on old folklore and urban legends that have been passed down by many generations. Including: Water People, the Green Man, John B., Elves, Unicorns and many others and where you can find them and in which books they may have originated from or movies they have been in but they do not just talk about American Fantasy they talk about the whole worlds mythical realms.

There is always a good side of fantasy and a bad side if you wish to learn about: Furys, Cyclopes, The Death Dog, Goblens, Dracula, Vlad the Impaler, Werewolf’s, Zombies, and even Mummys this Encyclopedia to Fantasy has it all. It even has the objects from which the power is made like: portals to another realm, rings, amulets, talismans, charms to keep you safe from anything that wishes to harm the user.

And it describes the dark sides weaknesses of the creatures like how garlic can be used against Vampires and how a silver bullet can kill a werewolf in one shot and how to fight of all of the dark of the fantasy realm. The Encyclopedia also talks about Ghost’s and the Dramatic Hauntings that follow along with the ghost and Poltergeist the signs of it and Psychokinetic Energy. The book even describes Necromancy, Sorcery, magic circles and squires used in witch craft, and the magical power of names. This book is a must read for all fantasy enthusiasts alike. You can purchase this book at our Web-store or by clicking the link Fantasy Encyclopedia. 

IronHand is the second installment in a teen fiction book series called the Stoneheart Trilogy written by Charlie Fletcher. The book left off as George Chapman has broken the treaty between the statues in London. He has made the wrong decisions that have led to a war between the statues and that will test all of his ability’s to the fullest and push him to his breaking point.

George And his friend Edie who is a Glint that can witness the past may have found the Stoneheart first but it did not happen to end there because there is far much more work to be done.Edie and her newly found friend Gunner a statue of a World War 1 soldier are now captured by the Walker. But George will have to deal with the three weird Veins coming out of his hand and twisting around his wrist.They are made of marble, bronze, and stone.

The legend has told that if he does not succeed in the three challenges the Veins will crawl up his forearm and in time impale his heart. To take the more difficult rote George continues to want to use these powers for good, but others would like to use those potentially dangerous powers for evil. George try’s to pull the strength from within to fight the evil that lies in wait for him. You can purchase this Book at our Web-store or by clicking this link Stoneheart Trilogy, Book Two, The: Ironhand (The Stoneheart Trilogy) .

Peter And the Shadow Thieves is a teen fiction novel written by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. The story starts as Peter and Tinker Bell leave the safety of Mollusk Island and embark on a journey to the lethal and dark roads of London. Now They have to cross the tretrius sea. He and Tink are faced with the evil and creepy dark shadow lord known as Ombra. Who is determined on recovering all of the missing pieces of the Starstuff dust.

That contains unlimited and potently dangerous powers in the wrong hands. Peter is hoping that he can track down Molly and together they can stand a better chance against Ombras army. But peter is not the boy he once was and London is more dangerous than it was thanks to Ombra the shadow master who is unlike anything that the world or Peter has ever witnessed before. You can purchase this Book at our Web-store or by clicking this link Peter and the Shadow Thieves (Starcatchers) .

Dragon Rider is a children’s fiction novel written by Cornella Funke. Ben, Firedrake and his furry michivious friend Sorrel are in a frantic search for a place that is mystical and safe for the Dragons to live in peace and harmony. But they must find the place quick for the dragons land is crumbling under their feet.

So together they take on journey that will lead them to meeting marvelous and enchanting new creatures and one ruthless, heartless evil villain that wants to take the peace and harmony away from the dragons. Along the epic quest they will discover new allies in odd places that they did not know they had and learn of unknown destiny’s that will change things forever. You can buy this Book on our Web-store or by clicking this link Dragon Rider.

The Book of Lies is a fiction book written by Brad Meltzer. Everyone knows that in the Bible Cain murders Abel. But no one knows what he killed him with. And the weapon Cain used was never found, still to this day. In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was murdered and in his sons mourning he had a thought of a Bullet proof man and dreamed about how amazing it would be and made the best fictional Hero Superman. Like Cain the weapon that was used to kill Mitchell siegel were never recovered.

Now in the present day Cal Harper comes face to face with his family hard ships. His missing father was shot with a gun that lead bake to Mitchell Siegels murder in 1932. Cal and his father are viciously attacked by killers with the ancient tattoo of Cain. Cal will have to study the story of Cain and Abel to solve an almost a century-old mystery. But someone else is trying to solve the case to. An organization so deadly that their known as the Leadership. Now the race for the first murder weapon has begun. You can purchase this Book on our Web-store or by this link The Book of Lies.