Dalen Pax and the Heart of Stone

This book is Dyslexic inclusive; it is printed in a font everyone can read, including people with dyslexia.Dalen Pax and the Beads of Fire is a delightfully inventive Fantasy novel, a remarkably touching and insightful coming-of-age story, and a philosophical tour de force.Dalen Pax is a typical high school misfit who has always wished that magic was real. One fateful night, he found that it was when he risked his life to save Mathias, a man he didn't know. A man with the ability to wield real magic. After their meeting, Mathias enlists Dalen to help him retrieve a powerful artifact known as the Beads of Fire, which connects its wearer to the Fire Jinn, a free-willed divine being that can grant the wish of whoever possesses them. Once Dalen awakens the Fire Jinn, she grants his wish to learn magic and takes him to an enchanted world to teach him the Elements of Reality, where he will have to know the truth about magic and power. Of course, it turns out that making wishes can be a rather tricky endeavor, and he quickly discovers that there are two sides to every coin.The world will need Dalen to be more than he ever imagined or wished he could be. Can he find the truth within himself and believe in who he is and was always meant to be?

This book is Dyslexic inclusive; it is printed in a font everyone can read, including people with dyslexia.Dalen and his friends need to find the Fountain of Truth to save Dalen's brother from the genie DeSalvo's curse, but it is not a matter of where... but when. Two thousand years in the past is not only where they will find the Fountain of Truth, but also where they will find their destinies.The Mad Genie DeSalvo and a mysterious Time Mage have severed Dorn's children from their connection to the four Elemental Blades, which keep the nexus of lay lines that The City of Venger feeds off in balance. Without the four blades, The Heart of Venger is vulnerable and DeSalvo and the Time Mage intend on using that vulnerability to get there and release The Chaos Dragon. A creature of chaos and destruction that is more powerful than a god and hell-bent on destroying the world.Dalen and the Vengerian Guardians must take two of Venger's greatest heroes and travel with them as they quest for the Elemental Blades. Retrieving them not only grants them the right to become The City of Venger's first king and queen but combining them creates the only weapon that can stop The Chaos Dragon. The problem is that when the blades were severed from their original masters, they were cast through time and space and must now be found. Somewhere in the world, they hide; can the Vengerian heroes find them in time? Join Dalen and his friends, along with Christoph and Grelf, as they take you to new and exotic lands and take on the four elemental challenges required to claim the blades as the clock ticks down on the destruction of everything they have come to love. Will they be able to fulfill their destinies, and will Dalen finally be strong enough to end DeSalvo once and for all and become the Master of Truth?