Illumen's Children: American Fantasy

Illumen's ChildrenJ. Shepard TrottWhen the pickpocket Hands tells the other kids he learned about a plot to assassinate the regnate, they think he is making up a story. Then they are pursued by the assassins, the same Fels who guard the regnate. Because the kids are brown-skinned Subs, they may not enter the center of the city and warn the regnate. Then the assassins arrest the kids and imprison them with monsters. It's only a matter of time before they are executed. The forest dwelling wendigo killed Jalil's father in a war. Now Regna battles the wendigo again, and Jalil looks for revenge. Then strange allies force him to question his hate. Burt was happy feeding hungry friends and helping himself, before the kidnapping and other events forced him out of his hobbit-like life. Will he have the courage to fight for his friends when bullets and swords pierce the air all around him? Shyheem discovers that he can channel the blue flames of the god Illumen through his hands. To learn how to use this power, he journeys to North Temple. The other students at North Temple make fun of him. To earn their respect he works hard at his lessons, but the irreverent wanderer Angen starts to teach something different. He will make Shyheem listen by any means necessary. Underneath all the turmoil that boils the land, there is a man who will stop at nothing in his pursuit of power. The only thing separating him from total domination is a group of four kids from the wrong side of the city.