Shadow Sovereign

Fourteen-year-old Hayden doesn't believe in magic. He's never been attacked by dragons, taken a ride on a taxi service staffed by man-eating pegasi, or battled a swarm of killer tarantula fairies. And he's certainly never owned a pair of ensorcelled underpants designed to make the wearer invisible - that would be ridiculous. All Hayden knows is a wretched life in the overcrowded Arizona foster care system, where miles of red tape often keep him separated from his 12-year-old sister Sera, the only family he has left. But that's about to change. When Sera is snatched by a bunch of sharp-toothed goblins, Hayden follows the kidnappers through a portal and into the magical world of Wayfair. In a place where carnivorous mushrooms lurk in dark forests and people in velvet waistcoats ride spider automatons, Hayden must solve the mystery behind Wayfair's President and his secret source of power, or his sister may be lost forever.

"A fantastical tale of magic and adventure; Stewart's writing hooked me completely." Hayden Fremont may have survived an attack of killer tarantula fairies, commanded a squadron of lava golems, and freed a fairy queen from her mystical emerald prison, but his journey has only just begun… Sera, Hayden's spunky sister, is still imprisoned by someone willing to do almost anything for a bit of power, but before Hayden can rescue her, he must travel to the Azure Isle in search of a missing sapphire. Sound simple? Not so fast. President Altair craves Hayden's rare fire magic and has his gas-masked soldiers hunting all of Wayfair for him, but that's the least of Hayden's worries. Between the zombie mermaids, sea dragons, and a fanged leviathan, the Azure Isle is not for the faint of heart. When a demon offers Hayden everything he's ever hoped for, will Hayden remain true to his chosen path? Or will he find the lure of the impossible too tempting to resist? Listen to the second installment in The Shadow Sovereign Series today!