From the author of the critically acclaimed The Kira Chronicles trilogy, comes a high fantasy story of gender-fluid shifters set in a beautifully crafted island world of soaring peaks and lush valleys where shining silver waterfalls plunge to the oceans below.Finalist: Best YA Novel, Aurealis Awards, 2019.Jax is just twelve years old and high above his island home in bird-form, when it explodes, killing everyone on it. And then ten years later, he comes face to face with Matiu, his boyhood friend.Matiu is in the military and the military needs shifters for a crucial mission but Jax refuses. Having spent ten long years burying his painful past, he is not about to resurrect it. When the military ramps up pressure to force his compliance, Jax is terribly injured, and flees to the last remaining island of Iolana.High on Iolana's perilous mist-swathed mountain, Anahera is on her vision-quest, that will transform her from Ahi into Ikaika, protector of her people. She seeks her spirit animal but instead of the white-wolf, she discovers Jax. To aid him will destroy her vision-quest, leaving her forever Ahi, but to abandon Jax will condemn him to death. But a greater danger confronts them both. The forces that blew Jax's island out of existence now threaten Anahera's as well and to save it, Anahera must decide what she truly wants and Jax to discover where he really belongs.And time is running out.

I Heard the Wolf Call My Name

Nikakis, K.S.

Children's Books

SOV Media

The mare snorted, wild-eyed, and danced sideways as a dark shape launched itself at Kira, knocking her off her feet. It leapt on top of her, then a disfigured face thrust close, its lips drawing back in a macabre smile as hands tightened around her throat. With battles raging and Shargh warriors threatening the future of Allogrenia, gold-eyed Kira is forced to betray her every principle by requesting Tremen Protectors fight and kill to defend their homeland. As the sickening carnage continues, Ashmiri treachery threatens to deliver Shargh victory. Realising her love of Tierken is not enough to bridge the gulf between them and their respective people, Kira flees Terak. Reunited with Caledon, her companion of yore, Kira decides to make for her Tremen homeland. But as she and Caledon approach Allogrenia, Caledon's star vision fails him and they're confronted by Shargh.

Cry of the Marwing: Book 3 of The Kira Chronicles

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

ReadHowYouWant

Book One in this enthralling fantasy series tells the story of Kira, Tremen healer and leader, as she struggles with the aftermath of deadly attacks on her people by their neighbors the Shargh In seasons long past, twin gold-eyed princes sundered a kingdom. Rejecting his twin brother's warrior ways, Kasheron established a community deep in the southern forests. Forgotten by the outside world and protected by the forests of Allogrenia, Kasheron's Tremen community has flourished, with his legacy of peace and healing still upheld generations on. But now the forest has been breached by hostile intruders. Death and bloodshed follow, testing the skills even of Kira—the greatest of all Tremen healers, and a leader to her people. As the attacks upon the Tremen become more violent, Kira is faced with a terrible dilemma—should she stay and risk the annihilation of her community, or set out on a perilous journey north to seek aid from their long-lost warrior kin? With its beautifully drawn world, fast-paced plot, and wonderful characters, this adventure heralds the arrival of a dazzling new talent on the fantasy landscape.

The Whisper of Leaves (The Kira Chronicles)

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

Allen& Unwin

The story of the young Tremen leader and her struggles to defend her hidden homeland continues in book two of this epic fantasy series Deep in the southern forests, the Tremen are being viciously attacked by their neighbors, the Shargh. As the death toll mounts, gold-eyed Kira, the Tremen's most gifted healer, flees north to seek help from their long-lost warrior kin, the Terak. Even as her perilous journey has barely begun, Kira is forced to compromise her beliefs to rescue Caledon, a man driven by his faith in divine order and star patterns. In turn, his knowledge allows her to survive the perils of crossing the treacherous Azurcades. Kira soon realizes that he sees her as part of a celestial plan, and begins to mistrust his intentions. But not even Caledon can foresee what will happen when she meets the one man with the power to destroy all she has striven for. As the Shargh's most ancient prophecy comes to life, Kira—and the Tremen—will never be the same again.

The Song of the Silvercades (The Kira Chronicles)

The action-packed, sweeping conclusion to the trilogy finds the heroine battling for her people, her beliefs, her love for a man, and, finally, her very existence The mare snorted, wild-eyed, and danced sideways as a dark shape launched itself at Kira, knocking her off her feet. It leapt on top of her, then a disfigured face thrust close, its lips drawing back in a macabre smile as hands tightened around her throat.With battles raging and Shargh warriors threatening the future of Allogrenia, Kira is forced to betray her every principle by requesting that Tremen protectors fight and kill to defend their homeland. As the sickening carnage continues, Ashmiri treachery threatens to deliver Shargh victory. Realizing her love of Tierken is not enough to bridge the gulf between them and their respective people, Kira flees Terak. Reunited with Caledon, her companion of yore, Kira decides to head for her Tremen homeland. But as she and Caledon approach Allogrenia, Caledon's star vision fails him and they're confronted by Shargh. With the prophecy drawing towards its chilling conclusion, Kira realizes that victory over the Shargh may cost her everyone and everything she loves.

The Cry of the Marwing (The Kira Chronicles)