Katherine Roberts graduated from Bath University with a degree
in mathematics, and her diverse resume includes working with
computers, racehorses, and in a pet shop, in order to pay
the bills. Through it all, Katherine allowed her imagination
to take her to the fantastic worlds she was writing about,
and kept at it. Although she was hesitant to send her work
out at first (she did not send her work to any publishers
until she was almost thirty years old), her dedication to
the craft paid off. In 1999, her first novel, the dazzling
SONG QUEST, was published, and it was immediately embraced
by the literary world, winning the Branford Boase Award for
an outstanding first novel.
Katherine always loved telling stories. As a child, she would
tell her younger brother bedtime stories, which she made up
herself. Her parents bought her a typewriter to write her
stories on, and she says her first finished story, written
when she was sixteen, was "a space opera typed on blue
and yellow paper." While surely her fans would enjoy
reading it, she says no publisher has ever seen it, nor does
she expect them to.
With the success of Katherine's Echorium Sequence
books, hers is a name we expect to see on best-selling novels
for many years to come.
Song
Quest
Book # 1 in the Echorium Sequence
Welcome to a world from another time -- where legendary
half-creatures still exist. A world where nature itself
can be controlled by unearthly music. A world where
the forces of good and evil are held in harmony by the
Singers who have mastered the secret Songs of Power.
A world on the brink of destruction, threatened by a
dark lord whose evil knows no bounds. Rialle and Kherron,
two novice Singers, are all that's left to stand in
the enemy's way. Stranded in a strange land with only
one another to rely on, these former rivals must work
together if they are to survive. In a timeless coming-of-age
journey, Rialle and Kherron discover the strength of
spirit that lies within them in their quest to help
good triumph over evil.
Crystal
Mask
Book # 2 in the Echorium Sequence
Two new young heroes must rise to confront the evil
power who is working against the Singers. Shaiala, a
girl who has been raised by the centaurs, and Renn,
a gifted but insecure Singer, must join together to
face the forces of darkness. Only by learning to trust
each other can they triumph.
Dark
Quetzal
Book # 3 in the Echorium Sequence
Frazhin, the evil sorcerer, begins his revenge on the
song-makers of the Isle of the Echoes. His plan is to
obliterate the Echorium from time itself, replacing
it with his own dynasty. Frazhin's pirates abduct Rialle,
the heroine of SONG QUEST, and carry her back to Frazhin's
fortress. But during the journey, the pirate leader's
brave daughter, Jillian, decides to rebel against the
evildoers, with the help of Shaiala, the heroine of
CRYSTAL MASK, and Kyarra, Rialle's willful daughter.
And their most powerful ally is the Dark Quetzal, an
amazing boy-bird who will help lead the women to freedom.
Spellfall
Someone knows Natalie is special. He knows her mother
came from Earthaven, the mysterious world that lies
beyond the Thrallstone. He knows her father is a Thrall
who sells spells between the two worlds. And now the
exiled Spellmage wants her power. But when he kidnaps
Natalie, she manages to escape. Guided to the Thrallstone
by a mysterious hound, she slips through the gateway!
Earthaven is a place of breathtaking wonder where unicorns
roam, giant trees talk, magicians control the powers
governing two worlds—and she has a very special
destiny.
