These books are planned but not, as yet, written.
BOOK Eleven
Daniel Light and
Nightbane, the Dark Prince of Zanadon
What is our true nature?
Where does action lead when reason flies away on the wings of doubt?
There is resentment growing in the Realms of the Crystal Orb, now in it’s fourth generation since the Miracle of Mirador’s victory over the Dark. This resentment is against the Light, specifically at why some are born to magic and enchantment and why some are not. A former creature of the Dark, turned by Daniel and Miraden long ago, has risen to rule in Zanadon through his marriage to its heir. His allegiance is challenged and he finds himself, after decades of service to the Light, questioning his own choices. Then the Dark, long patient and waiting for just such a chance, pounces and Nightbane reverts to the killing creature he once was. Kingdoms are decimated by his rampages and people are frightened. They call upon Daniel and his Circle of Light; whose cause Nightbane used to serve willingly. The chase ensues, the confrontation is reached and the final outcome is in great doubt as the two former friends, Nightbane and Daniel, meet in battle.
IN DEVELOPMENT
BOOK Twelve
Daniel Light and the Contest of the Kings
Do our origins determine what we do and whom we become?
When heritage, the lineage of blood, is lost, to whom can a Kingdom turn?
Having lost most of the heirs to many of its kingdoms, The Realms of the Crystal Orb, under the leadership of Daniel, The Miracle of Mirador, devise a way to replace the royal blood that was lost. A contest. A youth of familiar heritage, Altare, being a descendant of Daniel’s best friend, Elias, is found living in isolation. His sister, Morgare, seduced him and they bore a child, Moralt. He has been in hiding for the shame and anger of it all. But Daniel convinces him to compete. He has a birthright. Something to live up to. Lethlan, a discontented youth, torn from his family by the rampage of Nightbane, becomes a competitor, also. A unique friendship and bond develops between Altare and Lethlan, and they become almost like brothers. Even after Altare wins the competition and is made King in Mirador. The Gwynna enters the picture. Altare is in love. So is Lethlan. And the Darkness is aware of how it can influence and win the war: kidnap Lethlan and put a Changeling, or Doppelganger in his place.
IN DEVELOPMENT
BOOK Thirteen
Daniel Light and the Tryst In Time
Fidelity. Love. Friendship. Are they ever what they have always seemed to be?
Is faithfulness, or even Faith, of value to us?
The new Lethlan seduces Gwynna, now the wife of Altare. They are discovered and exiled, where they die. Altare marries again, to Elayne. He is killed in battle by his bastard son, Moralt. Elayne, orders the execution of Moralt and Morgare as Altare’s forces have won the battle. As Elayne cries over the loss of her husband, the real Lethlan returns, They marry. Elias, now embittered over the loss of his descendant, steals all the treasures of the Realms and hides them by altering the course of a river, then burying it in a splendid magic-made underground cavern, then returning the river to its course. Daniel confronts him and their friendship and brotherhood is tried and tested, until Elias vows to defeat Daniel and the Light.
IN DEVELOPMENT
BOOK Fourteen
Daniel Light, and the Lord of Renewal
Light and Dark. How different are they when they have the same beginnings?
Where did it all begin? Where does it all end?
This is the final battle and the story of what leads up to it. The Realms have been divided into camps, behind Daniel, the High King of the Realms and behind Elias, the King of the Outer Reaches. Former friends are now enemies. Realm against Realm, Brother versus brother, and outside influences, long felt but seldom seen, try to shift the tide as the Miracle of Mirador and his former best friend and brother, compete to destroy what the other now stands for. The Dark sits and watches and intervenes only to influence the outcome against Daniel and the Light. The scales are weighing heavily against the Light. Elias seems near victory when the Miracle of Mirador… Well, that would be giving it away wouldn’t it? Or would it?
IN DEVELOPMENT
BOOK Fifteen
The Histories of the Orb — A Companion Book
A dozen stories from various times through the history of the Realms of the Crystal Orb. Some fill out the stories that have already been told, providing background and detailing characters or incidents not told so far in the Chronicles of the Realms. Others present new characters and peoples to our view and round out the stories we have come to know.
STORY TITLES:
- Miraden and the War of the Enchanters
- The Birth of the Kings of the Crystal Orb
- The Skwatwaela
- Castal — The Boy Who Could Talk To The Sea
- The Family and the Rostok
- William of Waterside
- The People of the Plains
- Axengard: First Dwarf
- Salah Tas: Land of the Elves
- Dal and the Rise of the Dark
- Others to be selected and determined as the remaining books are written.
IN DEVELOPMENT