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Portal Watchers

Susan Lyttek, author


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A world oppressed. An ancient prophecy

When Bern, Ne-tel, and Garth witness the appearance of a portal through which emerges a great flying creature, the three do not realize this is an event long foretold. These beasts have been sent by the Creator Tel to aid his children in a time of great oppression.
Queen Subja rules Telantia with cruelty and malice. She controls the masses with her unnaturally powerful servants, the Vil. But the appearance of the three eggs signals her reign over Telantia is nearing its end.
But the creatures have been sent to three young men. How they stand the face of such evil?

Sometimes the ordinary can accomplish the extraordinary.

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Heartbeat of Fear

Susan Lyttek, author


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As Bern and his father harvest their crops, a portal appears. The creature chased into their world is taller than any building in the village. While the villagers are terrified, Bern realizes the creature is also scared. He names the beast Kattya after his dead mother and vows to protect it.

Kattya is not safe after Subja learns of this new creature. Bern, Garth, and Ne-tel realize their mammoth charge must be protected. When Bern and Kattya are separated, the two find safety in the lost country of Telantia; but their reprieve from danger is short-lived when Bern learns Garth and Ne-tel have been captured by the Vil.


Can Bern save his friends when his heart beats with fear?

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Wrestle the Stars

Susan Lyttek, author


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COMING APRIL 12, 2024!

Susan Lyttek, author

Years have passed since the Vil took Ne-tel' s twin sister, but the the Vil want Ne-tel as well as his twin. The Vil are relentless. No place is safe. Not even with family.

When Ne-tel is forced to flee quickly with his uncle, a secret follower of Tel, Ne-tel avoids one kidnapping only to be pressed into service aboard a ship. The ship master is chasing sea creatures that emerged from a window of light.

Has Tel been guiding Ne-tel all along? Will Ne-tel be able to remain free from the Vil and will he find his twin unharmed?



Three Impossible Tasks

COMING APRIL 19, 2024!

Susan Lyttek, author

With the new ability to create portals, Subja's scientists unleash vicious and ravenous beasts on the population of Telba. Bern, Garth, Ne-tel are each given separate tasks to complete on their own.

Bern must convince Telantia to emerge from the safety of the city and fight for the citizens of Telba.

Garth must take technology from Subja's fortress.Ne-tel must travel to the Gold Coast to raise an army.

All three must succeed if Telba is to have hope for a future, but even Prophet Nevv says these tasks are impossible.



Outside Space and Time

COMING APRIL 26, 2024!

Susan Lyttek, author

The Portal Watchers are separated...

Trapped in first world, Garth is given a surprising aid which will assist him upon his return to Telba, while Bern and the Telantian army advance on Subja's city. And on the Gold Coast Ne-tel leads a meager regiment against the ravenous beasts that have decimated the region.

All three watchers still follow the will of Tel. Are these tasks too great? Will they learn to rely on help that is outside of space and time?



Sum of All Expectation

COMING APRIL 26, 2024!

Susan Lyttek, author

Garth, Bern, and Ne-tel are looking for a savior, the prophesied one who will come to free Telba from the grip of the evil one. But in the first world, Garth and Nellie are being tortured, while Ne-tel and Ally have been captured and forced to work as slaves. Bern's group of refugees battle evil and the elements.

Is Telba doomed by the choices of its people? They will need aid that's greater than the sum of all expectation.



Homeschooling Can Be Murder

Susan Lyttek, Author

Army wife and homeschooling mom, Jeanine Talbott has a busy week scheduled, so when her husband’s transfer orders come through, she decides to let him pick out the new house and move their goods while she and the kids slowly wrap up the life they’ve grown to love.

As she pulls up to their new residence, she discovers her darling bought a charming fixer-upper complete with rather unexpected neighbors—a graveyard full of Civil War veterans.

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Killer Field Trip

Susan Lyttek, Author

Coordinating A School Outing Has Never Been This Deadly!

Justin Talbott’s homeschool co-op class is going to take a field trip in the steps of the surveyor, young George Washington. Unfortunately for Jeanine, his teacher gets put on bed rest and then Jeanine has to coordinate the trip with Susan Perry--a woman so obsessed with George Washington that most details of her life revolve around our first president. But as annoying as she is, Jeanine mourns when Susan is found dead and Ann falls under suspicion.

Jeanine must overcome her fear of snow to uncover the truth about Susan’s death and learn what our founding father prized above gold.

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Plundered Christmas

Susan Lyttek, Author

Jeanine Talbott and family return for another mystery. This time, Jeanine’s dad has a new, wealthy girlfriend: Margo Banet. In hopes that getting better acquainted with the family will encourage him to propose, she invites all of them to her private island for Christmas. Family fears and secrets about possible ties to the pirate queen, Anne Bonny, lead to Margo getting wounded by sharks and her nephew’s murder. Can the Talbotts solve the mystery and still enjoy Christmas?

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A Wedding to Die For

Susan Lyttek, Author

When Jeanine Talbott’s dad remarries, the whole family comes together for a weekend of festivities—that is, until the wedding planner is murdered. This family, unfortunately, is no stranger to mystery or murder.

The Talbotts cooperate with the authorities and do a bit of their own sleuthing as well. Adding to the mystery is a cranky wilderness expert, a nosy ranger, and Daniel Boone.

Jeanine wanted her dad to have a wedding to die for, but not quite so literally.

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Guzzy Goofball

and the Homeschool Play from Outer Space

I like summer. What kid doesn’t? But inevitably my mom gets some crazy idea that I need to be doing something constructive.

That’s why she signed me up for a homeschool theatre camp. My best friend will be there, too, so it won’t be too bad… unless they make me kiss Sleeping Beauty.

 

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