Harden Taylor: 5 books

A young person’s adventure novel with 14 cartouche drawings written in the pictograph language of the inhabitants visited by 12-year-olds Lisa and Charlie invite your speculations. This story explores that delicate age where childhood gives way to adolescence for two lovable misfits within the context of a dangerous adventure.

She wondered how it could possibly be that something mortal and imperfect could come from the residence of the Gods. Was it a message? A warning? Retribution for some unstated sin? Or, most shockingly something not encompassed by the Seven Books? She would be forced to know when the thing from between the stars arrived.

It seemed like swimming in a calm, cool lake. I hardly noticed them disappear, one at a time, here and there for no common reason I could see until suddenly, the benign water roiled, turned to fire and the evil vision rose in full view.

Cris Sarast finds herself hopelessly marooned in a place bereft of other human beings, a planet similar to the Earth 100,000,000 years ago. She is devastated that, after her long journey, she can find no sign of the civilization she believes must be present. Adding to her distress is the lack of any...

“Be careful what you wish for,” a saying so appropriate for the Sarast family. They are the only humans on the verdant, primitive and dangerous planet of Cerulea. The third generation has just arrived, turning the once brave adventurer to harried grandma, while Mother Nature rages, children bicker, memories ache and the first signs of wrinkles appear. And then there's the Sphere.