New Releases by Isobelle Carmody

There was a great crash and wood splintered . . . I had a brief glimpse of a group of Herder priests, bald and robed, peering at me, and then the sundered remnants of the locker door were torn aside and a rough hand reached in to haul me out by the hair. A Hedra captain stared into my face with eyes that burned with a fanatical fire above a thin nose and a lipless slash of a mouth. . . ''You will die in great pain and very slowly, mutant,'' said the Hedra master. When Farseeker Guildmistress Elspeth Gordie sets out from Obernewtyn to travel to Sutrium at the end of Wintertime, she quickly learns that not everyone welcomes the changes brought about by the rebellion. Capture by an old and vicious enemy, she is drawn into the heart of the Herder Faction, where she learns of a terrible plot to destroy the west coast. To stop it, Elspeth must risk everything, knowing that if she dies, she will never complete her quest to find the weaponmachines that destroyed the Beforetime. But if she succeeds, her journey will lead her to the last of the signs left for her by the seer Kasanda . . .

As head of Obernewtyn’s Farseeker guild, Elspeth Gordie must travel to the lowlands to seal an alliance between Obernewtyn and the rebel forces that oppose the totalitarian Council. Yet her dreams call to her with an altogether different purpose: Elspeth must destroy what remains of the weapons that brought unimaginable chaos, death, and mutation to her world. Leaving the relative safety of the mountains, Elspeth embarks on a journey that takes her across the sea and into the heart of the mysterious desert region of Sador.

Friend becomes foe and trust is a thing of the past when the Misfits’ most relentless enemy turns Elspeth’s world upside down. Through coercion and mind control, Ariel stands on the cusp of his ultimate revenge—and it falls to Elspeth to rescue a former ally whose mind and body have been manipulated to unleash a plague that will destroy all it touches.

Little Fur goes in search of her friend, Ginger the cat, who has vanished completely in this third book in the Little Fur quartet. The wise Sett Owl tells Little Fur that she must first discover who or what the Mystery of Wolves is. The only creature Little Fur finds who has heard of them is a mad prophet. He explains that the Mystery of Wolves is a mystic order of wolves who dwell in the high mountains to the east of the city. On an adventure that leads to more than just Ginger, Little Fur learns more about her long-gone father and mother and ultimately risks everything she loves to save the mysterious and dangerous humans who do not even know she exists.

In a Fox Called Sorrow, the adventures continue for Little Fur, the half elf, half troll girl who heals animals in a magical grove in the heart of a big city. When Little Fur discovers that the Troll King is plotting against the earth spirit that binds all living things, she sets off on a new adventure with a set of unlikely companions: the faithful cat Ginger, a reluctant rat, a pair of ferrets, and a mysterious fox called Sorrow who believes their quest is doomed. Can someone as small as Little Fur prove him wrong? Absolutely! And how she does it is as rich a tale as we''ve come to expect from author Isobelle Carmody.With black-and-white illustrations by the author throughout.

When Little Fur''s feline friend Ginger goes missing, the tiny, half elf, half troll healer undertakes an adventure that sets her on a collision course with a secret order of wolves.

''The words of the deepest foretellings are riddles that want solving.'' ''A riddle,'' Little Fur echoed, and the word tasted tricky and complicated on her tongue and in her mind. ''Only in understanding the riddle can its solution be found.'' All her life, Little Fur has healed others. This time, it is she who needs healing. Only the earth spirit that links all living things can help her, but can she find it in time? Little Fur begins a strange and dangerous journey that will take her far from her beloved wilderness and lead her deep into the secrets of her own past.

Half-elf, half-troll Little Fur learns that evil forces are out to destroy her beloved trees, so she sets out on a dangerous journey into the human world to save the trees and the earth spirit itself.

A curious cat stumbles upon a magical mystery when he finds something that doesn''t belong in his people''s house. By the author of A Fox Called Sorrow.

In the midst of the worst winter on record, Rage''s mother still hasn''t fully recovered from her car accident despite Rage''s successful quest for healing magic. Also, there''s something wild lurking in the woods around the farm. Do Rage''s dreams hint at a sinister threat?

A Wrong Thing flies into the house while everyone is sleeping. Hurricane, the cat, is the only one that sees it. What could it be, this flittery, skittery thing? Where does it come from, the Wrong Thing? Where does it belong? It is up to Hurricane to solve the mystery. A luminous, magical tale from the incomparable Isobelle Carmody and Declan Lee.

A strange, mind-numbing fog shrouds Quentaris and a cat that is more than it seems enters the city. It is a dangerous time in Quentaris. Before it is over, the city and its magical rift caves will face destruction. It is up to Igorik and the girl who visits him in his dreams to do all they can to save Quentaris and its inhabitants... The Quentaris Chronicles is a collection of stand-alone fantasy books from some of Australia''s finest authors. Each book is independent, but all are set in the magical fantasy city of Quentaris, a place created by series editors Michael Pryor and Paul Collins. Read them all! For more information visit www.quentaris.com

When plain and simple Eely finds a beautiful winged man wounded in one of the rift caves she takes him to Iakas, a roofie, who learns that the winged man had been betrayed by those who resent the superiority of the winged folk and cast out of his beautiful city in the clouds. Together with Red and his drain-crawler twin brother Igorik, they embark on a quest to recover the sacred and elusive starstone, which had also been cast adrift. The starstone responds to beauty, and grows stronger in its presence - so where is it? Can the people of Quentaris find true beauty and end the long-standing animosity that exists between the elitist roofies, the vain sky folk, and the humble ground dwellers? And why is Eely becoming so - angelic?

Darksongis the second in the parallel world trilogy, The Legendsong Saga, which began withDarkfall. The third and final book in the series will beDarkbane. These are the signs by which the Unraveller shall be known: Half-blind yet seeing all, marked by visioning yet without Darkfall mark, who lives yet sings the death song, who is born yet is not of the Song of Making, who is gifted from the Great Waters, who is crowned in bright flame . . . Legendsong of the Unykorn. After crossing to the troubled world of Keltor, Ember learns that her twin sister also crossed, and is in great danger. She must find Glynn and warn her before it is too late.

Omnibus Books Suit Middle primary.

The adventure continues with acclaimed fantasy author Isobelle Carmody''s The Dreamtrails, an omnibus edition of books five and six in the dystopian fantasy the Obernewtyn Chronicles--"Wavesong" and" The Stone Key " Captured, Elspeth Gordie is drawn deep into the heart of her enemies. Once there, she meets unusual allies and uncovers a devastating plot brewing in their ranks. To stop them, she must risk everything to rescue a former ally whose mind and body have been manipulated to unleash a deadly plague upon the Land.

The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Book One For Elspeth Gordie freedom is-like so much else after the Great White-a memory. It was a time known as the Age of Chaos. In a final explosive flash everything was destroyed. The few who survived banded together and formed a Council for protection. But people like Elspeth-mysteriously born with powerful mental abilities-are feared by the Council and hunted down like animals...to be destroyed. Her only hope for survival to is keep her power hidden. But is secrecy enough against the terrible power of the Council?

Darkfall marks the beginning of a stunning trilogy from one of Australia''s leading writers of fantasy. This powerful, compelling saga, book one of The Legendsong is set in a mysterious, uncertain world that only Carmody could create. After the death of her parents and her beloved instructor, Wind, Glynn devotes herself to the care of her sick twin sister, feeling her own life to be unimportant. One night, during a midnight swim, she is swept across the Void to the troubled watery world of Keltor, through a portal created to summon the mythical Unraveller. What is the mysterious connection between Glynn''s world and Keltor? And why does the man who rescued her from the waves bear an eerie resemblance to Wind? While it stands on its own as an absorbing, seductive and powerful novel, the sequels to Darkfall will be eagerly awaited.

Five thought-provoking plays that move freely between fantasy and reality. Three have been adapted from Carmody''s short story collection Green Monkey Dreams, and two have been written by Carmody and Taylor especially for this collection.

The powerful story of a young boy, Jack, searching for the truth about his mother in the bleak time after her death. One night Jack enters the Greylands - a world where there is no colour, no noise, no laughter - a place where only the wounded can enter.

When fifteen-year-old Nathanial moves to a sinister town that has been bruised by an ancient evil, he finds himself one of those Chosen to fight the cycle of darkness.