SPLINTERS IN TIME - "Future's Vision" During the height of the Mesopotamian Time, a powerful magic intended to save humankind from a disastrous future was created by a prescient Mage Ba El Shebub. Now, Ba's Magic creation has awakened because the time has come to forestall the impending self-destruction of mankind. The Magic's first act was to select two who would wield the powerful, yet deceptive Magic. The first two books in the series "Ba El Shebub's Gift Awakens" follows the exploits of the two Chosen Ones, eleven year-old Aarvid and his nine year-old sister, Mona. Ba El Shebub, the Mage,...

For nearly five thousand years Ba El Shebub's Magic remained semi-dormant; waiting for the time that would necessitate its awakening. That time has come and the Magic chooses two youngsters to become its wielders; to eventually use the Magic to save mankind from self-destructing. Young Aarvid and his younger sister Mona have no idea what has happened to them and what awaits them. As the Magic imposes its will, their training begins. Separated between two Realms --a realm of Magic and that of the world we live in--they try to deal with numerous and dangerous challenges. Will they have the...

Ba El Shebub's Magic awakens to do what it was created to do; safe mankind from itself. After five thousand years, the 'Magic' chooses two youngsters --eleven-year-old Aarvid and his nine-year-old sister Mona-- to become its future wielders. With their training started, Aarvid and Mona must depend on their resilience, courage, and resourcefulness to survive the challenges that await them. Separated by two realms --with Mona in the world of man and Aarvid in the 'Magic Realm' while traveling into Eastern Europe on the back of a swan-- they find support by working together and by enlisting...

The penetrating, twice repeated sound of a gong reverberated throughout the Magic Ether. Within the bole of the old tree, Ba El Shebub's slumbering spirit awoke with a start. To the spirit, it seemed as if the "Magic," created to save mankind from itself, had awakened and chosen its two wielders just moments ago. The spirit grumbled, "Too impatient these child chosen ones are; too many chances they take " After a few moments of assessing the youngsters' progress, the spirit's bad temper receded. Instead, uplifted by what it had discovered, it sighed, "Impetuous indeed they are; these two who...

SPLINTERS IN TIME -- "A Journey into a Long Distant Past" follows Part 1 -- "Future's Vision," of Volume III in the series Ba El Shebub's Gift Awakens. This series features the magical adventures of twelve-year-old Aarvid and his nine-year-old sister Mona. Together, they must deal with the fact that Ba El Shebub's Magic has chosen them to become its wielders, but first they must prove they are worthy of that choice. Part 2 -- IDOLS and GODS Transported by the Magic into times past, Aarvid and Mona, as well as their friend Tishba find themselves left to their own devices. Bereft of their use...