L Darby Gibbs: 14 books

Hate is a powerful motivator. Pain runs a close second. Jahl must cope with both if he hopes to fulfil his dream of becoming a master wielder. He teams up with the best friend that abandoned him and the girl who ridiculed him. Rouen has a secret to keep and needs Jahl to make it happen....

Every storyteller has a plan, however vague it is. The writer will start with an idea which may be wrapped around a character, an event or a theme. In the process of developing the idea, the storyteller shapes a framework of sorts. This book provides common frameworks that have been...

Brent Garrett is tired of living up to and not living up to everyone’s expectations. Family, friends and the Complex Council are all waiting for the big moment. When he accidentally invents a time travel machine, it seems like the answer to his frustrations, but his friends demand...

Quinn Riley’s taking his solo jump into the past. There’s a war going on. And there’s a renegade. Sarra Marsh has a busy life, what with avoiding the pSychSo officers and generally making life difficult for the oppressive government the renegades are trying to overthrow. She doesn’t...

Twenty years ago Brent Garrett made a choice. His daughter Misty Meredith isn’t happy with it. She’s the abandoned daughter of a time traveler. Misty has a scheme, and it includes the time jumper sent to check on her. Quixote had one job: Check on the daughter of the founder of Meredith Complex....

So you want to fix something big, bright and beautiful? Will you settle for antagonistic, self-important and missing? Mick and Emily have never met Renwick Cray, but they’d lived full lives and had enough experience to have an idea what kind of person he was. It didn’t stop...

Though Sam’s been claiming that teamwork is a pain in the neck, she really wasn’t looking for proof. When time traveler Samantha Gorz finds herself stuck in a 17-century Sicilian catacomb filled with preserved friars and other important citizens, she must extend her stay masquerading as...

Three time travel novels that build community, family, and love across time. Brent must create his own destiny and accept his role in time. Misty fights the distances and forces that divide their family. And Mick and Emily battle time and fear. What they gain and what they...

After Jahl, Rouen and Donya arrive in Carolan Faire to pick up an orphaned wielder, a mysterious attacker battles with Rouen leaving him dazed but unharmed. The next day Donya goes missing. Jahl must find her and whoever is attacking wielders. Soon, he is in a fight not just for his...

Wielder school’s out for the summer, but Jahl, Donya and Rouen can’t seem to get a quiet moment anywhere. Jahl’s certain Donya is up to some sort of mischief, separate from having their first child any day, and Rouen has received a mysterious package from the young twai wielder they met...

Jahl and Donya journey to Loeban Desert to solve a mystery, but they don’t go together. Their two-year-old daughter is a handful around essence, and Donya believes it best to keep her home. So she sends Jahl off with her brother Rouen and a Martan’s Ferry guard. They should keep...

If you listen very closely, keep track of every nuance of his word choice, bargaining with a dragon holds no concerns. Keep in mind solstice dragons live a very long time, and they don’t mind hanging on to an open-ended bargain until they really need to call it in. Finding herself in the...

The Dragon King is dying, all for want of an answer. For centuries, the Dragon King has ruled over High Cadore and horded a library that is the envy of neighboring kingdoms. Researcher Shennon Trelor, intent on hunting out the reasons for a long-standing war, never expected to be dragged...

Dragons can be so demanding at times. Maribelle Kankade dreamed one night, but it’s not your normal dream. This one has a dragon demanding she locate the stone parts that have been cut off his body and turned into useful objects about town. The largest chunk is a mill stone carved from his...