Adventure and challenge in the Chh'tyl Empire!

In the Chhhatyl Empire, warriors are the best gardeners...

Left for dead in the north desert where the annual Quest takes place, young Chaaas vows to get revenge on the culprit. The most likely id the arrogant Sson, whose rich father and brother are said to be linked in a Azan drug ring.

Because the azan gives an hallucinogenic powder coveted in all the Chhhatyl Empire... Ignoring his friends' advice,  Chaaas pursue his investigation, actively preparing his rival's humiliation.  But a tiny grain of coincidence or hasard slips into his well laid plans, causing mayhem and unexpected consequences...

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2009 Trillium book Award finalist!

Éditions Médiaspaul,
collection jeunesse-PLUS no 9
200 pages
12.95 $

ISBN 978-2-89420-724-6

(A teacher's companion book is available in French, following the Ontario 7-8e curriculum.)

Winds of Tammerlan
Cover by Jean-Pierre Normand, from my own sketch

Under the floating city and its festive kites, discontent and dangers lurk...

Other mysteries holds Chaaas' attention: his new friend Tussel passes his Trials way too soon, indentured workers rots in the lower city quartiers, a rogue fallou attacks the floating gardens... and a contestant, gruff Plezar, falls for Tussel's mother, a beautiful kite mistress.

When the arrogant Kirsom, the tournament favorite, is found dead, all indices lead to Plezar, who faces an infamous punishment. Convinced of his innocence, Chaaas resolves to find the real culprits...

Éditions Médiaspaul,
collection jeunesse-PLUS
13.95 $

2009 Aurora Prize winner!

2009 GG Awards finalist!

(A teacher's companion booklet is available in French, following the Ontario 7-8e curriculum.)

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A solar flare will extinguish all life...

Nobody wants to leave Kour prison, despite the scorching hot climate on planet Sioulann's poles!

The city is on the verge of bankruptcy, because its prefect, Juunus, supports a hidden village where ex-prisoners can leads their own life.

Then, questor Sirius is stricked down by a strange illness. Is it linked to the Koudriss'axis, the spectacular borealis auroras that could hide a mortal menace?

The evacuation of Kour is launched, but the village's residents, proud of their freedom, have fled to the mountains. Among them, young Feli, near the end of her pregancy. Will Chaaas find them in time?

All strive to follow a dream receding like a mirage...

On Lapsilis, an space habitat orbiting around a damaged planet, young and old are building an outer spiral of crops that will fertilize their future world. If Questor Sirius approves of this zeal, Chaaas notices many people burning themselves out.

Ugly tensions erupt between Noalli, the proud mistress of the floating garden, the talented artist and arrogant Corom and the haughty engineer Eimer, who doubts the merits of the spiral. Ruffan, a fierce proponent of a return to the original purity of the Gardener's  creation.

Then a strange disease decimates the spiral crops, threatening the project. Who would benefit from destroying the dream of Jubal Lar, the brilliant visionary and guide of the colony, lost too soon?

Chaaas must investigate, without being distracted by the pretty amber eyes of Lali kha Nakarli ... and by his warming friendship towards Corom. With the help of Kiumi, a child acrobat, Chaaas will discover dark secrets that will endanger more than the dream of Lar Jubal...

Éditions Médiaspaul,
collection jeunesse-PLUS 16
13.95 $

ISBN : 978-2-89420-852-6

Distribution Prologue

Ontario: Librairie du Centre

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