Rio Kaiser’s day off from school turns to disaster when Ilnin and his hunters escape the world hidden beneath Burnt Mountain. She avoids capture, but her mother and father aren’t as lucky. Rio plans to use her usual ability to control the elements during her return to the underground world of living nightmares to find and rescue her parents, but everything goes wrong when she ends up in the prison cell next to them.Injuries and illness strike, and Rio’s friends and family begin turning on each other. She is unable to help them while her worsening hallucinations threaten everyone’s chance of escape, including her own.

Burnt Mountain: One in the Chamber (Burnt Mountain Series)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

CAMPBELL, CHERYL

Fantasy

Cheryl Campbell

When Rio Kaiser's family vacation in Yellowstone National Park turns catastrophic, they must return to the hidden world where fears come to life—fears that can kill. In a panic to save the people with her, Rio fails to harness her unusual ability to control the elements which thrusts her and her family into even more danger when they become separated.Paired with her cousin, Tom, his attempts to help only frustrate Rio more which causes her power to work against her. If Rio cannot recover her special ability, she and her family will perish in the mysterious world of stone men and creatures that are never as harmless as they appear.

Burnt Mountain: Do and Die (Burnt Mountain Series)

Despite the risks of visiting the hidden world, sixteen-year-old Rio Kaiser decides to help the people of Hyden, Rhyllia’s last city, resist the Emperor and his army. Her rebellion against Hyden’s military council puts Rio and her family in the center of a bitter dispute among the Hydeners and between the city and the Emperor. Making new bonds with Rhyllia’s humans and creatures help her efforts, but the coming battles may still be too difficult for Rio to survive as her special abilities create additional problems for her to overcome.

Burnt Mountain: Rhyllia (Burnt Mountain Series)

When the people of Hyden begin to divide loyalties and many choose to follow Rio Kaiser’s example to join the Rogue Army, the city’s leadership turns to deadly force to remove her influence. The Emperor’s army of Iamurri continue their relentless march toward the city while leaving destruction and bodies in their wake. The continued mounting peril strains relationships and wreaks havoc between friends and family. Rio must find a way to restore broken bonds and end the war before she and her entire family are slaughtered by the Emperor’s determination to bathe what’s left of Rhyllia in blood and ashes.

Burnt Mountain When Heroes Fall (Burnt Mountain Series)

Thirteen-year-old Rio Kaiser’s good intentions turn into life-threatening consequences when they land her and her friends in a savage, new world hidden beneath a mountain in rural Maine. When forced to confront her fears, Rio discovers she has a special gift which might save more lives than only her own. While caught in the middle of a war between two clans of a carnivorous creatures battling for supremacy, she must learn to harness her new ability, avoid capture by the creatures hunting her, and find a way home.

Burnt Mountain The Monster Within (Burnt Mountain Series) (Volume 1)

A fast-paced, militaristic sci-fi thriller centered on a complex female protagonist and set in war torn but still recognizable New England, 'Echoes of Darkness' is the second instalment in author Cheryl Campbell's critically acclaimed "Echoes" trilogy -- a must-read for fans of Martha Wells' The Murderbot Diaries and Robert D. Armstrong's World Apart series.The decades-long conflict with the Wardens, the genocidal faction of alien Echoes that started the war on Earth in 2069, rages on. Dani, an Echo, fights alongside humans and other aliens against the Wardens. As the bond of her newfound family strengthens, she continues to struggle to find a viable solution to retake Boston from the Wardens.Maine's civilian and Commonwealth military alliance against the enemy remains intact, but Dani's relationship with Colonel Houston becomes more strained with rogue Warden attacks, unreliable intelligence reports, and the high casualty counts that will come when they move on the enemy stronghold in the city.Rowan's unwavering ambition to eliminate all humans from Earth, rise within Warden ranks, and capture Dani drives him to commit treason. When Dani learns that Rowan is behind an assault in Maine that wounds and kills several people on the Commonwealth base, her well-orchestrated plan against Boston is replaced with one focused only on rescue and revenge.

Echoes of Darkness: Book Two in the Echoes Trilogy

Science Fiction

Dani's return home to Maine after three years of diplomatic missions overseas lands her in jail and within Colonel Houston's crosshairs. Maine's civilian and Commonwealth forces continue to work together against the Wardens-the genocidal faction of alien Echoes-but Dani's relationship with Colonel Houston deteriorates into a personal conflict, putting others' lives at risk. When Houston has sixteen-year-old Oliver whisked away to become a Commonwealth soldier, Dani's primary ally in getting him back, General Ramos, is declared missing in action. Though she knows it is a trap, Dani heads into Warden territory to retrieve General Ramos. The mission takes her into Canada and surrounding New England, where she and Rowan, a Warden, once again cross paths. Setbacks do not deter Rowan, but his increasingly reckless resolve to defeat the Commonwealth and destroy all humans on Earth jeopardize Dani's life and the Commonwealth's plan to win the war.

Echoes of Fate: Book Three in the Echoes Trilogy

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