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Writing name for: Anna Jacobs
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1 y separately published work icon Tenebrak : The Founding Shannah Jay , United States of America (USA) : Anna Jacobs , 2010 6902328 2010 single work novel fantasy

'Violence has shattered the peaceful world, and bands of raiders are looting and killing. Karialla's settlement is destroyed while she's away and she loses husband, home and friends.

'She returns to Tenebrak, helped on her way by the strange creatures called deleff. She's planning to undertake further training as a healer of the First Cadre, but finds the Healers' Courts destroyed. The town's Elders give her a huge empty house and she sets up as a healer. But she keeps seeing an image of a huge building on the ridge overlooking the town.

'Other people with the necessary gifts to help Karialla struggle back to Tenebrak after facing great adversity and go to live with her.

'Some people don't want a return of peace, however, and the whole town is threatened by a new band of raiders. Will they succeed or will Karialla and her friends help return peace to this troubled land?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Sword of Azaray Shannah Jay , United States of America (USA) : Anna Jacobs , 2010 6902267 2010 single work novel fantasy children's

'LEGEND SAYS: When the world was young and troublesome, the Halashi, gentle inhabitants of the True Vale, grew tired of the war and mayhem around them, so they created a magical sword and gave it to the brave young King of Azaray. With its help, he and two loyal companions brought peace to the land. Since then, the sword has sung all true Kings of Azaray to the throne.

'The powerful but evil magician Pavros has helpedThanis kill his brother and steal the throne, but he cannot destroy the magic sword, so has scattered its three parts across the ring of worlds, the hilt on one world, scabbard on another and blade on a third.

Three in one shall save the day

When danger threatens Azaray

'Jarrad, Sara and Morrin, the true king’s children, have been raised secretly, each on a different world. When they are 14, the Halishi have no choice but to make them aware of their destiny, which is to reunite the three parts of the sword and regain the throne for Jarrad the eldest.

'This book is the tale of that great and magical adventure, as the children cross from one world to the next to rescue the parts of the sword. They have to avoid magical traps and battle against the fearsome Lord Yezroll and storm demons.'

Source: Author's website. (Sighted: 13/1/2014)
1 Into the Dark Shannah Jay , 2000 single work children's fiction science fiction children's
— Appears in: Spacebound 2000; (p. 19-32)
1 So Sorry! Shannah Jay , 1999 single work children's fiction science fiction children's
— Appears in: Alien Invasions 1999; Alien Invasions 2000;
1 Flame Child Shannah Jay , 1998 single work short story young adult fantasy
— Appears in: Fantastic Worlds 1998; (p. 163-179)
1 y separately published work icon The Price of Wisdom Shannah Jay , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1996 Z192073 1996 single work novel fantasy 'The final volume in The Chronicles of Tenebrak. Across the length and breadth of the Twelve Claims, the armies of the Serpent are massing. Discord is everywhere - even on the satellite circling above the planet Sunrise - and the Serpent's cult of evil and suffering is threatens to spread throughout the Confederation itself. In the woodland fastness of the high Alder the Kindred prepare to make their stand. Only Herra's wisdom can defeat the Serpent. But can the Kindred afford the bitter cost?' Source: bookseller's website.
1 Walk the Wildwoods Shannah Jay , 1996 single work short story young adult fantasy
— Appears in: Dream Weavers 1996; (p. 126-147)
1 S.F. [Versus] Fant : Round 1 Shannah Jay , 1996 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Out of the Ashes , March no. 22 1996; (p. 2)
1 y separately published work icon Shadow of the Serpent Shannah Jay , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1995 Z198535 1995 single work novel fantasy 'Shadow of the Serpent starts as the members of the Kindred have just passed through one of the deleff's strange portals and suddenly find themselves scattered across the Twelve Claims. They have been sent to seed the land with rebellion, to start a blaze of defiance that will one day consume the evil of the Serpent. Each small group of characters faces grave danger, especially the dark threat of being dicovered and killed by Those of the Serpent. As they journey towards their rendezvous, they meet up with some unexpected allies and overcome great difficulties. Will their Quest against the Discord which has swept their planet be successful? As the depraved evil of the Serpent threatens to engulf the whole world, only the Kindred are left to save their people ...'. Source: author's website ( http://www.annajacobs.com/shannahjay.asp). Sighted 15/2/11.
1 2 y separately published work icon Lands of Nowhere Shannah Jay , Sydney : Pan , 1995 Z246277 1995 single work novel fantasy 'Lands of Nowhere continues the story of Herra and her group of Kindred, who have fled from the city of Tenebrak and are trying to find sanctuary in the Lands of Nowhere. They are being hounded by Those of the Serpent, whose incense-choked shrines are filled with pain and suffering in the worship of their dread god. The evil cult has spread rapidly throughout the Twelve Claims, and has even affected Robler, the increasingly unbalanced Exec in charge of the Confederation satellite that circles above them. The Lands of Nowhere are the legendary lands of the deleff, told of only in children's tales, for no humans have ever been known to visit them. The mysterious deleff have already saved the Kindred twice, but are they really allies in the Kindred's Quest against Discord? And why are the deleff so reluctant to let them leave the closed community of Dsheresh Vale? As the Kindred encounter new threats to their Quest, meet new allies and develop new Gifts - the planet Sunrise reveals itself as more baffling than ever ...'. Source: author's website (http://www.annajacobs.com/shannahjay.asp).
1 4 y separately published work icon Envoy Shannah Jay , Chippendale : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1994 Z295182 1994 single work novel science fiction A female envoy to peace negotiations with implacable opponents has to come to terms not only with herself but with the fate of her world if she fails.
1 1 Chronicles of Tenebrak Shannah Jay , 1993 series - author novel science fiction fantasy
1 4 y separately published work icon Quest Shannah Jay , Chippendale : Pan Macmillan Australia , 1993 Z512207 1993 single work novel fantasy

'At fourteen, Katia is chosen to serve at the Sisterhood's temple in Tenebrak. But violent Discord engulfs the planet threatening the 20,000-year-old Sisterhood's existence. In a satellite far above Tenebrak, Davred, brilliant xeno-anthropologist, studies the Sisterhood, and risks everything by deciding to help them. But neither Davred nor the Sisters know all the secrets of this mysterious planet.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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