"Everyone in the world has a spark, a light inside that guides them, keeps them alive.” Myxini School for Children specializes in training young men and women who have powerful sparks. Strikers are taught to manipulate fire. Trackers learn to find animals in the most formidable terrains. Handlers are instructed in communication with large predators. But forty years have passed since the last time they had a Reader – a student with the ability to read minds. When Lark Davies enrolls at Myxini, he knows there aren’t many like him, but he doesn’t realize just how rare his abilities really are. He thinks nothing of being asked to keep his spark a secret; after all, he can barely control it. Thoughts and emotions flood unbidden into his mind until he can scarcely walk or hold a conversation. But just when he needs it most, his ability fails him. Larks meets Khea, a small frightened girl who mysteriously insights his protective nature. He has no explanation for the curious strength of their relationship, and it doesn’t help that she is one of the few people in the world whose thoughts can’t be read. As he struggles to get to the root of their unique bond, Lark begins to unravel more power than even his mentor expected, but in the process makes himself a target to political leaders eager to take control. Contains mature themes, language, sexuality and violence. Not suitable for children under 18. Cover Art by Laura Pelick. Fantasy maps by NS Mangion.

"Loving her was easier when I thought we were going to die." With a new home on an island that prizes human sacrifice, Lark finds that reading minds is not enough. As he battles the tragedies that haunt him, his queen insists on the continuation of the violent practice, and he is powerless against her unrivaled Spark and uncompromising authority. In order to stop her, Lark needs to learn the secrets of the spirits of the world. Only there isn't much time. War looms just over the horizon. Now including Chapter One of Schism. Genre: Epic Fantasy Length: Novel, 302 pages Series: Book Two of Three in Sparks Saga

“Keeping them alive was harder than I ever thought possible.” The devoted lover and proud father Lark is on the verge of losing it all. His abilities are slowly fading without reason and his enemies are looming ever closer. He has mere days to prepare for war and earn the allegiance of the Nakben tribes, none of which are eager to fight for a foreign queen. With his life and family hanging in the balance, Lark enters enemy territory, but he doesn’t realize just how weak he’s become.