Finally 18, the young wizard Caylem is old enough to attend the fabulous Castle Xanastad to study magic under renowned Headmaster Fjenstel, but not long after he settles in, Caylem must do battle with the cruel King Thaddius Dannef who has secretly begun preparations of an ancient spell called Spectal dlel Sgaibwor, or "Master of Time." With the help of his friends - the spirited Marela; Nimble, the thief; the powerful Headmaster Wizard Fjenstel; and the ancient teachings of the Gold Dragon, Min - Caylem not only fights an evil of unimaginable power, but learns of a destiny far greater than...

In The Chronicles of Strange Ways: The Secret of the Spores, fourteen-year-old Jake Chambers becomes the talk of the town when he inherits his granduncle's massive fortune in Strange Ways, Nevada. The condition of the inheritance is that Jake must carry on his granduncle's secret work - solving and documenting the strange "goings-on" in the city. Jake's first mystery is to solve his granduncle's death, which has something to do with the odd hallucinogenic spores being sold to teenagers and teachers alike at his high school. Also at stake is the life of Jake's mother. When Jake learns it may...

After inheriting his late granduncle's massive fortune in the town of Strange Ways, Jake agrees to covertly carry out his granduncle's mission to investigate the "strange" events that have been happening there for centuries. This new mystery begins when twenty seemingly random Strange Ways citizens suddenly vanish into thin air, including the town mayor and Porsche's mother, Bambi. Dubbed "The Strange Ways Twenty," they reappear as suddenly with no recollection of where they had gone. Soon after, odd events plague the town. Students are attacked by something with skin like a jellyfish, a man...