Books For Young Adults

Sam's Quest for the Crimson Crystal

Sam Mae Costas is nobodys idea of a hero. She is constantly teased about her thick glasses, her small size, and her asthma attacks are embarrassing and difficult to control. When Sam is forced to spend the summer on her grandpa's farm she thinks things can t get much worse. Deep in the caverns below the farm, Prince Buznor is a young Awok on a life-and-death mission to save his world. He has to find Sam and prove to her that only she can find and control the Crimson Crystal... the one weapon that can defeat the evil threatening his people. To reach the Crimson Crystal Sam must journey through the hostile Land of Geffen, facing hordes of catacomb dwarfs, vicious vampire bats and deadly monsters. Can Sam overcome her fears, her doubts, and find the Crimson Crystal in time to save the Awokian world?

Excerpt from Chapter 9: The Battle

Sam felt a sudden chill -- Drogon had arrived! The wing beats of a massive charger wasp tore the air as it dropped through the ceiling opening to the floor. Peering over the arm of the throne, Sam was riveted by the searing red eyes of the wasp staring back. It clicked loudly to alert Drogon, who pulled his sword.

“Who desecrates my throne?” the giant Zog leader hissed. “So it’s you, Seeker!” Drogon’s booming voice frightened Sam. “I will chop you into tiny pieces and throw them in the moat,” Drogon shouted. He urged the wasp forward.

Sam's Quest: The Royal Trident, Book 2

Guided by an unseen evil force, Pax hordes invade the World of Bergeron, destroying a thousand years of peace. Samantha Mae Costas, “Sam”, a descendant of the Originators, the keeper of the Crimson Crystal, and the savior of the Awokian people, is the bridge to the World of Bergeron and its lands of good and evil.

Prince Buznor, “Buzz”, an Awokian from Innerworld on a diplomatic mission, is caught in the fighting. Seriously wounded, he calls out to Sam. The Crimson Crystal glows, alerting Sam that her friend is in danger. She leaves the safety of her home and descends to the World of Bergeron. There she comes face-to-face with the most powerful evil she has ever encountered. She must defeat it or all is lost.

Excerpt from Chapter 3: Telegu The Red Dragon

Sam ran into a huge cavern that was filled with sunlight, and on the far side was the cave exit! She and Patch raced to it and stopped a few feet away. A thin, wispy waterfall fell past the outside opening.

“It’s like a wavy, moving window, Patch.” Sam carefully inched through the spray of the waterfall. She was getting soaked and her glasses were fogged from the mist. She quickly rubbed the lenses clear with the dry cuff of her jacket and peered over the shear ledge. “Wow. We’re really high up, boy, and I don’t see a way down.”