Dragon's Rise
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They didn’t go far before he met Thurlock hurrying toward him. The look on Thurlock’s face should have been a warning, but Lucky didn’t even have time to get scared.
“Come back to the manor and help with preparations,” Thurlock said. “We leave at first light.”
“Uh… okay. Where?”
“East. We go east, young man.”
More from Lou Hoffmann
The Sun Child Chronicles: Book One
On his way to meet a fate he’d rather avoid, homeless gay teen Lucky steps through a wizard’s door and is caught up in a whirlwind quest and an ancient war. He tries to convince himself that his involvement with sword fights, magic, and interworld travel is a fluke, and that ice-breathing dragons and fire-breathing eagles don’t really exist. But with each passing hour, he remembers more about who he is and where he’s from, and with help, he begins to claim his power.
Lucky might someday rule a nation, but before he can do that, he must remember his true name, accept his destiny, and master his extraordinary abilities. Only then can he help to banish the evil that has invaded earth and find his way home—through a gateway to another world.
Sequel to Key of Behliseth
The Sun Child Chronicles: Book Two
When Lucky arrives in Ethra, the world of his birth and destiny, he expects a joyful reunion, but the first thing he notices when he reaches the Sisterhold—his home—is something false behind his mother’s smile. In a matter of weeks, the Sisterhold becomes agitated with worries and war plans. People he trusts—like the wizard Thurlock—frequently can’t be found. His mother seems angry, especially with Lucky. Even Han Shieth, the warrior uncle he has come to rely on and love above all others, maintains a sullen silence toward him.
When Lucky’s resentment builds to the breaking point, his bad decisions put him and his friends, L’Aria and Zhevi, in unthinkable danger. Han arrives to help, but he can’t claim invulnerability to the hazards and evils that threaten at every turn. Events launch Lucky, alone, on a quest for he knows not what, but every step brings him closer to his identity and full strength. Self-knowledge, trust, and strength lead to smarter choices, but even his best efforts might not render his world truly safe, now or for the future.
Sequel to Wraith Queen’s Veil
The Sun Child Chronicles: Book Three
Luccan, future Suth Chiell of the Ethran Sunlands, also known as Lucky, has just completed a harrowing quest, but his adventures and hardships are only beginning. There’s little time to rest before his mother’s ghostly specter attacks, drowning Lucky in horrible nightmares that drain his life and nearly kill him. Only through the power of his enchanted obsidian blade, Ciarrah, can Lucky claw his way out of the shadowy visions and back to daylight. But further horrors await him when he wakes up, and his country needs him—their Sun Child—more than ever.
Unstoppable wraiths—products of an advanced but dying alien world called Terrathia—are attacking, and swords and arrows cannot stop them. Fortunately Ciarrah’s magical light can, and with his dragon-kin uncle Han, his winged horse, a horde of shifters from Earth, and the wizard Thurlock at his back, Lucky faces the enemy, determined to put an end to his mother’s destructive evil once and for all. But will stopping her end the horrors facing his world?
Readers love The Sun Child Chronicles by Lou Hoffmann
Key of Behliseth
“Key of Behliseth is a great YA story that is appealing to all ages; it has a fascinating storyline and some fantastic settings and characters.”
—MM Good Book Reviews
“Every character in the book was well written, and we completely understand them and their motives by the end of the story….”
—Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
Wraith Queen’s Veil
“Thank you, Lou, for this incredible literary treat. I look forward to reading about the next part of Lucky’s journey.”
—Rainbow Book Reviews
“I enjoyed every minute of Wraith Queen’s Veil and I would recommend it to every reader who is into fantasy.”
—Timmy’s Book Reviews
Ciarrah’s Light
“Ciarrah’s Light is a wonderfully epic fantasy, with dynamic characters and enchanting settings.”
—LitPick
LOU HOFFMANN, a mother and grandmother now, has carried on her love affair with books for more than half a century and hasn’t even made a dent in the list of books she’d love to read—partly because the list keeps growing. She reads factual things—books about physics and history and fractal chaos—but when she wants truth, she looks for it in quality fiction. She loves all sorts of wonderful things: music and silence, laughter and tears, youth and age, sunshine and storms, forests and fields, flora and fauna, rivers and seas. Even good movies and popcorn! Those things help her breathe, and everyone she knows helps her write. (Special mention goes to (1) George the Lady Cat and (2) readers.)
Proud to be a bisexual, biracial woman (of European and Native American descent), Lou considers every person a treasure not to be taken for granted. In her life, she’s seen the world’s willingness to embrace differences change, change back, and change again in dozens of ways, but she has great hope for the world the youth of today will create. She writes for readers who find themselves anywhere on the spectrums of age, sexuality, and gender, aiming to create characters that live not only in their stories, but always in your imagination and your heart.
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By Lou Hoffmann
THE SUN CHILD CHRONICLES
Key of Behliseth
Wraith Queen’s Veil
Ciarrah’s Light
Dragon’s Rise
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Dragon’s Rise
© 2019 Lou Hoffmann.
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© 2019 Catt Ford.
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Map Art
© 2019 Loretta Sylvestre.
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Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-64080-986-4
Digital ISBN: 978-1-64080-985-7
Library of Congress Control Number: 2018910726
Digital published July 2019
v. 1.0
Printed in the United States of America
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