The Smarties Award-winning novel, read by the author.
"I hate school! I hate ratings! I won't reach higher! I won't strive harder! I won't make tomorrow better than today!"
In the walled city of Aramanth, exams are everything - not only for children, but for whole families. When Kestrel Hath dares to rebel, the Chief Examiner humiliates her father and sentences the family to the harshest punishment.
Desperate to save them, Kestrel discovers that life in Aramanth was once different - and if she can find the secret of the Wind Singer, maybe life can change for the better once more. So she and her twin brother, Bowman, set out on a terrifying journey - to the true source of the evil that grips Aramanth...
Sequel to the Smarties Award-winning title, The Wind Singer, read by the author.
Every time I touch the future I grow weaker. My gift is my disease. I shall die of prophecy.
Five years have passed. The city of Aramanth has become kinder - weaker.
When the ruthless soldiers of the Mastery strike, the city is burned, and the Manth people are taken into slavery. Kestrel Hath is left behind, separated from her beloved brother Bowman, and vowing revenge.
Now Kestrel must find Bowman again, and Bowman mus learn the secrets of the Singer people. Only then will they break the power of the Mastery.
The final part of the Wind on Fire trilogy, read by the author.
Fire in the sky! Signs and wonders! The end days are coming!
It is the time of cruelty. In the face of starvation, blizzards and the evil Morah, the Manth people have left the ruined Mastery to seek their homeland. Only Ira Hath can lead them there and she grows weak...
Kestrel dreads reaching the homeland. She is afraid of what it will mean for her mother - and why does she feel so alone? Bowman eagerly awaits the summons from the Sirene and prepares to make the final sacrifice for his people, his family.
And all the while, the wind is rising...
Seeker, Morning Star, and the Wildman's world has changed drastically: The Nomana have disbanded, the island of Nom is gone forever, and its people have scattered, seeking shelter - and something to believe in. When a young boy preaching nonviolence and joy mesmerizes everyone who comes in contact with him, a large following grows quickly, one that soon includes Morning Star and the Wildman. Yet Seeker, obsessed with his increasingly perilous journey to kill the last of the Old Ones, finds his mission placing him at odds with this new leader. As Morning Star longs for things to be the same again with Seeker but fears it is too late, the Wildman - a restless warlord without a war - turns a new corner that none would have expected. In this stunning and thought-provoking conclusion to the Noble Warriors trilogy, the strength of friendship, loyalty, and faith is tested as all three heroes must decide whom to trust . . . and what to believe. "A thrilling story of integrity shaped in the face of corruption and vaulting ambition." - The Guardian (London) on Jango "Written in the same style as Christopher Paolini's Eragon and Terry Brooks's The Sword of Shannara, the quest itself will form the characters into the people they were always meant to be." - School Library Journal on Seeker "Spectacular." - Kirkus Reviews on Seeker "Fantasy fans will devour this book and eagerly anticipate the next one." - VOYA on Seeker
In joining the warrior society of the Nomana, Seeker, Morning Star, and the Wildman have achieved everything they thought they desired. Yet, as hidden doubts develop, the three friends find themselves pulled in separate directions. Seeker has gained more power in their training than he or anyone ever imagined, and with this, a new responsibility that isolates him from the others. Morning Star is consumed with unexpected feelings of love for a friend and begins to lose faith in her abilities. The Wildman's hunger for power puts him at odds with the teachings of the Nomana, and he struggles to understand his purpose. But the three heroes' fates again intertwine when an evil plan is set in motion that would destroy everything they have ever known, and this enemy is one that the Nomana may not be able to stand up to alone. A story of friendship and love, strength and courage, faith and redemption, Jango is a mesmerizing sequel to the acclaimed Seeker.
On the rocky island of Anacrea, in a garden within the great castle-monastery called the Nom, lives the All and Only, the god who made all things. He is protected by an elite band of fighter monks. These are the Nomana, the Noble Warriors. Seeker, who lives on the island, is now sixteen, at last old enough to follow his brother into the ranks of the Nomana. Far away, Morning Star, also just sixteen, is leaving home to achieve her lifelong wish to join the Nomana. And when a beautiful, violent river bandit known as the Wildman finds himself helpless before two Nomana, he, too, is determined to become a Noble Warrior. But these are dangerous times. Secret enemies have sworn to destroy Anacrea, and in the imperial city of Radiance, where human sacrifices are thrown to their deaths every evening, elaborate plans to attack the Nom are in place. Soon, in a shocking turn of events, Seeker, Morning Star, and the Wildman are caught up in a bloody and harrowing race to save the god of the Nomana - and themselves - from destruction.
