On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand which is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

A grandfather and his blind grandson, Boy-Strength-of-Blue-Horses, reminisce about the young boy's birth, his first horse, and an exciting horse race.

"On her sixteenth birthday, Solange Drake will fulfill her destiny. With her seven older brothers' protection, Solange and her family will finally assume their rightful place as rulers of all vampires throughout the land. But when bounty hunters and rival clans challenge the Drakes' ascent to power, their home of Violet Hill becomes increasingly dangerous--and as Solange is seduced by the enemy, and her brother Nicholas fights feelings for Solange's...