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Book one of the Portal Prophecies Series, A Keeper's Destiny, follows a group of ancient races who join together with some unlikely teenage heroes.The only clues they have to help them are hidden within predictions contained in a book written long ago. Can they unravel the mysteries of their past and over come the deceptions of their leaders? Will they be able to decipher the prophecies in time to stop invading armies? Join Willow and her friends in this fast paced adventure.

Humbley's Portal brings together both the material and ethereal dimensions, imbuing the novel with a unique perspective which in these times of increasing spiritual awareness provides a possible answer to the mystery of life after death. Steve Latimer, is an ex S.A.S. soldier who has the gift of communication with discarnate individuals. Using astral projection he travels through both the physical and ethereal worlds as a spiritual entity on journeys of enlightenment and self discovery, accompanied by his guide, Ramas, an ancient Egyptian. His son, Tom, who was killed in a road traffic accident and now lives on the first astral level above the Earth plane, is training to be a warrior of the light under the auspices of his teacher, Red Cloud, an experienced and enlightened spirit.

The true-life memoir Patrice Chaplin began in City of Secrets continues here in the story of her spiritual initiation into the Kabbalistic tradition preserved since the Middle Ages by a secret society in the pre-Roman city of Girona, Spain. Salvador Dalí was a member of that society, as was the renowned author Umberto Eco, the filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and Jancint Verdeguer, one of the most celebrated Catalan poets. Importantly, so was the mysterious Berenger Sauniere, the priest who in the late 1800s built Rennes-le-Château in southern France, with the Tour Magdala, a tower that is twin to the neo-gothic tower in Girona. In this gripping story that reads like the adventures of a female Castenada, Chaplin is led through a series of initiatory stages which correspond to the magical square of Venus, containing the constellation of the Great Bear.

A series of events set Willow and her friends on a journey like no other, leading them to a new understanding of themselves, their feelings and their abilities. As they begin to unravel the past, they find themselves the sole opposition to a plot that could destroy all existence. Their only clue to survival comes in the form of a book filled with hundreds of predictions. Deciphering them however, will not be an easy task. Written by someone long ago, the pages are lined with riddle like poems. Even worse they appear to be in no particular order. Each book in the series is based on a different prophecy leading our heroes and heroines to new places and new friends, experiencing growing pains along the way. The entire series, delves deep into the understanding of magic and self-discovery, all the while questioning the right versus wrong equation on personal levels. Volume I contains books 1-3 in the series.

For fans of Kendare Blake’s Goddess War series comes this second installment in a gripping YA fantasy series that follows a band of huntresses taking on a world of demons and gods. For years, Hadley Caldwell kept humanity safe by hunting demons. But that came to an end when the Mirror Realm disappeared. Now her life is filled with bridesmaid dresses, family pressures, and—oh yeah—hosting ancient deities in her sleep. It’s not world-saving work, but if dream-hosting is all it takes to keep the gods happy, she’s willing to play along and leave her huntress days behind her. That is, until the gods demand something more: the Portal of Osiris. The Portal was part of the Realm. It shouldn’t exist anymore. But the gods believe it does, and claim it holds the key to their salvation. The quest for the Portal takes Hadley and her band of huntress sisters on an enigmatic adventure to the sands of Egypt and beyond. But chasing a portal isn’t as easy as outrunning your past, and soon the only things Hadley knows for certain are that the gods can’t be trusted . . . and some portals should never be found. Join Hadley, Alice, Olivia, and Soxie in this electrifying second book of the Mirror Realm series as they traverse the globe on an ancient scavenger hunt full of mystery, magic, intrigue, and sisterhood.