Aurora Chronicles

Arktika a frozen world of magic and whimsy is in peril of being destroyed by the warmth. The frozen winter wonderland setting of "The Golden Compass" meets the magic and furry creatures of "The Chronicles of Narnia." Follow Láilá into a vast new world full of fantasy and imagination a place called Aurora. She embarks on an epic adventure to find answers to all the hidden questions surrounding who she is and how she came to be. She is an innocent and selfless in her pursuit for answers and the truth behind her mysterious white hair. Child of Winter is the first book of five in the Aurora Chronicles a coming of age fantasy following a twelve-year-old girl into a journey of self-discovery. Though, what she learns about herself and where she came from might not have been for the best. The fantasy world is in peril of being destroyed. The warmth is quickly approaching. Can one small girl stop the warmth and restore Aurora to being the winter wonderland it once was? All hope rests on her small shoulders.

Book four of The Aurora Chronicles begins and ends with an explosion of problems. Aurora has saved all her companions from the enslavement in The Brown Expanse only to discover that Al has been chosen to become the champion of Black Magic for the bitchy Goddess Tharona and is being trained to fight... That's right, to fight Aurora as the champion of White Magic. She didn't even know she was the champion. Anyway, she isn't about to let that happen and treks across the frozen northern wastes to find and rescue Al, little knowing that the Demon-spawn have breached The Barrier Mountains and are laying waste to The Land of the Five Rivers. So now Aurora will have to make a decision: save Al or fight the Demon-spawn. She isn't even sure if she wants to fight the Demon-spawn.... R. Peter Ubtrent was born in New York City but moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of eight. Although he has lived in both Florida and California, he seems to have settled in Edgewood, New Mexico for the moment.Writing since high school, Peter has self-published seven science fiction novels, six in one series called 'Dark Pilgrim' and one stand-alone titled 'Eternity's Handmaiden.'Peter has obtained bachelor's degrees in astrophyics, history, and Secondary Education, has a Master's degree in military history and has a Doctorate in military studies.When he's not writing, Peter works in his gardens or builds wooden and plastic models. He has been married to Genevieve for over sixteen years.