Kirjahaku

In 1972, a stranger revealed a prophecy to a teenager named Flower in Seattle, Washington. The mysterious old woman told the girl that she would have a son one day who would be a gift to the world. Twenty-five years later, the girl, now a forty-three year-old woman who has changed her name to Kathleen, is living in a small Eastern Washington town where she is a single mother to a seventeen year-old boy named Tyler. Tyler is a pretty normal kid. He has a crazy best friend named Preston and has always had a serious crush on a girl named Jessie. He's not a star athlete, his grades are pretty average and he puts up with getting pushed around by Jessie's obnoxious boyfriend, Graham. But, one day, everything changes as he begins to develop abilities he's only read about in comic books. As major catastrophes around the world are mysteriously averted by unusual heroes, Kathleen witnesses the fulfillment of the earlier prophecy as she watches Tyler evolve into a living miracle. The Gift of Tyler is a delightful story that will simultaneously make you laugh out loud and pull at your heartstrings. This is the first release in the Gift of the Elements series.

The Snyder family is falling apart. Grant and Jill barely speak and when they do, they're screaming at one another. Their youngest child, Kinsey, has withdrawn into himself to the point where the only person he really speaks to is his sister, Tatum. She was born with more resilience than her brother and has essentially taken over the duties of both parents where Kinsey is concerned. His greatest fear is that his parents will split up and he'll be separated from Tatum. When another shouting match ensues and the word divorce is finally used, Kinsey loses it. He runs into the forest in a total emotional frenzy and vanishes right before Tatum's eyes. When she and her parents search exhaustively and come up empty, fear, anger and guilt cause another emotional outburst and the rest of the family vanishes as well. They each wake up alone in separate parts of a strange world called Kadosh. This world is made up of a vast ocean and five islands used to separate men, women, boys and girls by Raum, the ruler of Kadosh, who lives on the island in the center of the other four. Raum is in control of everything but the people in Kadosh. The Snyders band together with other people previously trapped in Kadosh on a thrilling quest to defy Raum and find their families against all odds. "The Four Corners" is a brilliantly told, imaginative story about the importance of love and family.

In 1972, a stranger revealed a prophecy to a young woman named Mei in Osaka, Japan. The mysterious old woman told Mei that she would have a daughter one day who would be a gift to the world.A few years later, Mei found herself trapped in a loveless marriage and pregnant after being brutally raped by her husband. Obtaining false documents to assume a new identity, Mei clears out the family bank accounts and escapes to Hilo, Hawaii to start a new life.Mei gives birth to a healthy baby girl, Rio, who grows up with a stepdad and a little brother, both of whom she adores. She is a gifted athlete on the University of Hawaii swim team with an unmatched level of endurance. But, something is missing in her life. So, one day, she informs her mother that she is leaving for Japan to search for the father she has never known.Mei, who now goes by the name of Toki, sits Rio down and tells her everything from the prophecy to the rape and her escape to Hawaii. Rio feels terrible for what her mother endured but is undeterred in her determination to find her father, even if it means facing rejection.As her journey begins, something transforms in Rio. She starts to develop abilities that give her supernatural control over water. Upon arriving in Japan, she meets a Christian missionary named Luke who offers to help her find her father. As their relationship blossoms so do Rio's abilities. Determined to find the missing piece of her past, she finds far more than she ever dreamed possible as she fulfills the prophecy given to her mother by evolving into a living miracle.The Gift of Rio is suspenseful, funny and heartwarming. While this is the second release in the Gift of the Elements series, it is chronologically book one.

Three years have passed since the Snyder family was taken to the strange world of Kadosh and separated onto islands to keep them apart from one another. Their return home saw each of them forever changed by the journey they embarked on to reunite. Now a cohesive unit, the Snyders have also been changed by their quest to learn more about the source of the light they encountered on Raum's island.While it was Raum who had initially snatched them out of their world and into his, they now find themselves being called to go back but, this time, the calling is coming from the source of that very same light. And, an old friend is being called to go with them.The group agrees to return and use their experience to show others who are still being held captive the way out. But, when they get there, they find that all of Kadosh has been trapped in darkness. Dawn hasn't been seen since the Snyders left, and it is clear that their second journey out of Kadosh will be even more difficult than the last one.

Less than two years after the Snyder family's second triumphant return from Kadosh, they find themselves called back for one final journey. This time, their mission is to convince every man, woman, boy, and girl still trapped there to join them in escaping that awful place, leaving no one behind.Unfortunately, the mission isn't the only thing that has increased in difficulty. When they arrive in Kadosh, they quickly learn that, while the daylight dawned upon their previous departure, so did winter. And it never left. The entire world is now blanketed in snow and ice, and the residents have all gone into hiding.The Snyders must fight blizzarding weather conditions, wild animals and creatures sent by Raum, and, worst of all, the internal hazards of fear and doubt in order to accomplish their goal. They ultimately realize that this will definitely be the longest and most arduous of the three journeys.Will Raum finally get the best of the Snyder family? Will they get trapped in Kadosh with the very people they came to save and be separated from each other forever?One thing is for sure, whatever the result, this third trip to Kadosh will be the Snyder family's last.

Less than two years after the Snyder family's second triumphant return from Kadosh, they find themselves called back for one final journey. This time, their mission is to convince every man, woman, boy, and girl still trapped there to join them in escaping that awful place, leaving no one behind.Unfortunately, the mission isn't the only thing that has increased in difficulty. When they arrive in Kadosh, they quickly learn that, while the daylight dawned upon their previous departure, so did winter. And it never left. The entire world is now blanketed in snow and ice, and the residents have all gone into hiding.The Snyders must fight blizzarding weather conditions, wild animals and creatures sent by Raum, and, worst of all, the internal hazards of fear and doubt in order to accomplish their goal. They ultimately realize that this will definitely be the longest and most arduous of the three journeys.Will Raum finally get the best of the Snyder family? Will they get trapped in Kadosh with the very people they came to save and be separated from each other forever?One thing is for sure, whatever the result, this third trip to Kadosh will be the Snyder family's last.