Ashley Abbiss: 24 books

It seems that most people reject Christianity out of hand. They laugh at it, they sneer at it, or they use the ‎names of God and Jesus as swear words and ignore them otherwise. But do you actually know what it is that ‎you’re rejecting? Do you really know who Jesus is and what he has to offer...

Urzites – telepathic animals of many species found ‎originally only on the southern island of Urz. ‎Receptives - humans who are able to hear the ‎Urzites. Only about one person in eighty or ninety is a ‎Receptive. Most Receptives can only hear the animal ‎who has chosen to be their partner,...

“Oh no,” the goddess cried. “Mother! Mother!” ‎Ten years ago, the world changed. The enmity between the Cult of the Earth Mother and ‎the other religions of the world was resolved, Maras, chief of the gods, was reconciled with his ‎wife, and their daughter Warin left her life as a human...

First, Naya told how she became a Warden and ended ‎up with the Frightful Four. Then, Slink the fox took up ‎the tale, telling about their first days as a team, adjusting ‎to having their own person at last, and their time at ‎school, learning how to be a functional Wurzite team. ‎ Now,...

The life she knew ended in an orgy of violence on a lonely road. She’s so confused she’s ‎not even entirely sure who she is any more, and now, according to prophecy, she’s supposed ‎to save the world. The gods have got to be kidding! Don’t they?‎Niari has lost absolutely everything....

Naya, Slink, Stumpy and Hoo have all told their ‎stories, and now it’s Mewla’s turn. She would always ‎have to have the last word, of course!‎ The team is just leaving Mennon and its newly ‎restructured Warden Centre, and the Urzites are feeling ‎good. They did good work in Mennon. They...

Irilayne was born a princess. And she hated every moment of it! ‎So, when her father tried to betroth her to Lord Griblon, a greedy, arrogant and ambitious ‎man almost twice her age, she ran away. For eighteen months she’s been living in a tiny village as ‎an ordinary peasant, and she...

The runaway princess is back in her cage.‎In ‘Arion’, Princess Irilayne, who had run away from ‎the palace before her father the King could force her to ‎marry Lord Griblon, had to leave the life she loved when ‎her father was assassinated. Her brother, the heir to the ‎throne,...

Urzites – telepathic animals of many species found originally only on the southern island of ‎Urz. ‎Receptives - humans who are able to hear the Urzites. Only about one person in eighty or ‎ninety is a Receptive. Most Receptives can only hear the animal who has chosen to be their ‎partner,...

Naya, Slink and Stumpy have all told their stories, and ‎now it’s the turn of Hoo the owl, with her bird’s eye view ‎of things, as the team leaves Naya’s old home town of ‎Harat and heads toward the hills. Syana is excited about ‎visiting the hills, but apart from that, it seems that...

It’s Midwinter's Day, the most important day of the year in Dracos. That’s because ‎Midwinter’s Day is the day of the Dragon Festival, when the Dragonesque celebrate the dragons, ‎their relationship with them, and everything that means.‎ Things are still somewhat tense. The sweep...

Things are tense in the Atriosine Temple Compound in ‎Atriosa. Someone is attacking village temples and ‎shrines. Keladryn has sent out the Temple Guard, but ‎all they are really able to do is arrive in time to help ‎the villagers put out the fires and bury their dead. ‎ It seems likely...

In the land of Noranda, there are dragons. There are ‎also dragon riders, the Dragonesque, as they call ‎themselves. Long ago, when the Sorcerers attacked, the ‎dragons and their riders saved Noranda from being ‎overrun.‎ But that was a long time ago, and these days, the ‎dragons and the...

‎‘Niari wasn't really sure when she first became aware of the sound. When she went back ‎‎over the events of that afternoon later, it seemed that it had been there all along, slowly ‎‎growing in volume, intruding itself gradually into her awareness. At first, it seemed like the ‎‎sighing...