Böcker av E. L. Mendell

Their world turns upside-down when the villain becomes an ally.Reitrin's body ached and she tried to get up, but Clyde appeared beside her and he caught her arm to stop her."Don't move yet," he hissed. "Look."Reitrin blinked as a drizzle of blood trickled between her eyes. She did not wipe it away though. She was staring at the sand drone. The red flames were devouring it and it was melting, its eyes rolling in rage and pain.When it was gone, the flames vanished at once.Reitrin felt Clyde release her, but he remained protectively by her side.The blue walls of energy were gone, shattered by the red fire, and the cause was standing in the center of the room."Sorry about my messy entrance," said Aoiro as he turned to face Reitrin and Clyde. His blood red hair speckled with sand and his dark eyes sharp with annoyance.Reitrin could not believe her eyes.Why was Aoiro there?

Eysheus: A person who can enter and manipulate storybooks at will. ¿In a world where Magic isn't supposed to exist, it made an appearance.As soon as the book was in her hands the cover came to life again and Reitrin suppressed a scream of alarm.Etakai and Shan looked over her shoulders at the book and both were stunned to see she hadn't been imagining things. The book truly was moving as if it were not a book, but a doorway to another world."What's happening?" Reitrin looked at the men on either side of her. "Why didn't it come to life when one of you touched it?""No idea," replied Shan distantly. He was watching the book with newfound awe. "Is this some kind of magic?""I heard there is no magic in the Real World," said Etakai, directing spite towards Reitrin who glared at him."There isn't supposed to be," she told him."What happens if we open it?" Kaffie wondered.Reitrin didn't want to know, but before she could protest the idea, Etakai had already reached out and opened the book.