"The ebb and flow of power..."

With one jade left to reclaim, the team fractures, further jeopardizing Dariak's quest for peace. Heading deeper into Hathreneir, he seeks the final shard.

The war between the two kingdoms escalates as troops are stationed at the borders and skirmishes erupt. Time is running out for Dariak to unify the shards and make his power known to the kings.

Pushing through the growing battles, Kitalla sets her personal goals aside to rebuild their team and reclaim the balance that is missing from her life.

Only with the will of the jades can the companions...

Class had never been this much fun before. But with a teacher like Dr. Lupino, it's absolutely mesmerizing.

Travel along as Nathan and his classmates visit exotic places and learn the mysteries of electricity and magnetism.

Want to know how those massive dinosaurs can be just like a big atom? Or what ski slopes have to do with voltage and resistance? Dr. Lupino knows the answers and the students are ready to find out.

This educational short story uses a novel approach to relate the concepts of electricity and magnetism to middle school audiences.

By employing fun and familiar...

"Two kingdoms in perpetual conflict... A magical artifact with untold power..."

Two decades ago, the mage Delminor brought together the shards of the Red Jade in an effort to bring peace to two kingdoms that were ever at war. Instead, his dying efforts decimated both armies and scattered the shards across the lands.

Now Dariak, a Hathren mage, seeks the scattered shards of the Red Jade, attempting to unify them with less disastrous results. To begin his quest, he ventures into enemy territory and encounters danger at every turn.

Dariak enlists the help of others on his quest, but...

The shattered shards in a shattered land...

With the fall of the Prisoner's Tower, Dariak and his companions head west toward his home kingdom of Hathreneir. The group struggles against feral creatures while striving to avoid the king's soldiers. With each piece of the Red Jade, Dariak's powers grow, but-as in Pindington-he can't always control them.

As the group journeys through the opposing kingdoms, each member must confront his or her past. Though they gather allies along the way, the war looms closer and peace seems ever out of reach. Only uniting the jade fragments can save...

"A castle destroyed... The jades drained..."

With the companions and the jades united, Dariak's quest should have already ended, but more work remains.

As with Delminor, who assembled the jades two decades earlier, bringing the shards together led only to further devastation.

To complete his quest, Dariak must solve the final complication and unite the Red Jade permanently, without destroying any more of the world around him.

Only with the help of his companions can the talented mage hope to bring peace to the lands of Kallisor and Hathreneir. Only together can they uncover the...