After the death of Lily's sister, Star, Elder Karyn assigns fifteen-year-old Lily to the office as the Light Element of Earth-a role for which she feels very unprepared. She finds herself facing a foreign culture in which she must learn to avoid the Dark Elements, navigate the nuances of human society, and graspthe Elemental laws, all while struggling to control her burning hunger to find her sister's killer. With her newfound powers and weapons, Lily must learn to survive the perils of this new world. She will need every bit of her wit and skill to solve a series of murders in order to free the only living person who can protect the Elements from the unchecked dark forces. Lily and her friends face a mysterious hooded figure possessing unknown weapons with a nightmarish potential that brings a new threat to their race. With the extinction of her people looming, all have placed their hope and future in Lily.

Auszug. � Genehmigter Nachdruck. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

Elements

Prism's Edge

By Grace Snow, Jack Wilde

iUniverse LLC

Intro...................................................................... xi
Prologue................................................................... xiii
Chapter 1 A Burgeoning Light............................................... 1
Chapter 2 A Crushing Weight................................................ 21
Chapter 3 Where Hope Dwells................................................ 33
Chapter 4 A Sibling's Disquiet............................................. 64
Chapter 5 Radiance of the Mundane.......................................... 87
Chapter 6 If the Blade Is Crimson.......................................... 114
Chapter 7 A Rainbow of Questions........................................... 132
Chapter 8 Armed with a Promise............................................. 163
Chapter 9 It's All in the Timing........................................... 182
Chapter 10 Confronting the End............................................. 222
Chapter 11 Hills Ablaze.................................................... 249
Chapter 12 A New Path...................................................... 273
Chapter 13 Beneath the Surface............................................. 301
Chapter 14 Two Days Later.................................................. 326

CHAPTER 1

A Burgeoning Light

THE FIRST RAYS OF light spilled through the glass doors,splashed across the pristine fluffy white carpet, and reachedacross the white comforter that covered the small wood-framebed, barely missing the pastel face of a small fifteen-year-old girl whoslept there. As the old birch door of the room opened, a young womansashayed through importantly, her bright red hair swaying in a tightponytail as her white, silver-trimmed apron swished madly about.She stopped at the foot of the bed with a slight look of irritation onher freckled pale face. She strode over to the curtains and pulledthem open with one quick motion, filling the room with the brightrays of morning sun. The sleeping figure on the bed grunted indisapproval.

"Now, now, it's time to get up, Princess Lily," the servant statedmatter-of-factly in a slightly Irish accent, her jade-green eyes focusedon the lump in the bed as she sat down next to it.

Lily peeked from underneath the covers with unfocused lightbrown eyes tinged with green and gold. "Just a minute more? Please,Hannah?" she asked. Her tiny voice was garbled and thick with sleep.She was still very tired after staying up so late the night before.

"Wish I could oblige, Princess, but Karyn wishes to see you inthe garden for breakfast. How did you sleep?" Her Irish accent gotthicker as she spoke. She had told Lily stories of Earth many times bythe fire and had explained how people from Earth have accents fromtheir regions of it. However this had always confused Lily; geographyshould matter very little in language, but she had learned over timeto simply accept it.

"I had a nightmare last night about Star," said Lily, rubbing thesleep out of her eyes and sitting up in bed as the images that hadplagued her all night came back to her. It had begun with the daythat Star took her to the amusement park. They were laughing andriding rides, eating cotton candy, and playing games. She was holdingStar's hand as they walked through the crowd, happily talking aboutwhat to do next, when suddenly her hand slipped out of Star's. Shegrabbed for her companion's hand, feeling anxious as Star was pushedaway from her by the crowd. As her heart beat loudly in her ears, Lilypushed her way through the throng of people searching desperately forStar. She caught a glimpse of Star passing through the wacky mirrorhouse door and ran toward it, terrified. As she passed through thedoor, she found herself standing in between two tall brick buildings.Disoriented and confused, she looked around. Star lay on a strangesection of flat gray stone, all of the sections snug together in a lineuntil the path ended in a wall. Two dead bodies lay close by, makinglarge puddles of blood. Lily saw a man with long sun-kissed hair anda large bloody sword in his hand bend down to talk with Star, and shechoked out her last words in his ear. Lily didn't hear what Star said,but she knew it was important. Blood rushed out of Star's mouth asher lips parted, and she gripped the man's shoulder tightly. As theblood stopped, Star fell back letting go of the man beside her and thelight disappeared from her eyes. Tears streamed down Lily's face; shewas unable to stem the flow as she screamed in her own mind.

Hannah interrupted Lily's silent replaying of the dream. "Whatwas it about?" she asked, sounding slightly interested.

"At first, it was a happy dream, but then I ... watched Star die ... Ifelt helpless to save her," said Lily, beginning to cry as she again sawStar's last moments replaying in her mind.

Hannah pulled her over and hugged her as she said softly, "It'snot your fault that Star died. We talked about this last night."

"I know, but ..." Lily paused as she sniffled pathetically, gettinga whiff of the strange mix of lavender from Hannah's hair and thesmell of strawberry perfume she always wore. "I felt like I should havedone something, but I just couldn't no matter how hard I tried!" shecried, sniffling loudly. Hannah stood up and walked over the plainset of white dressers, picked up a box of tissues, and gave one to Lilyas she sat back down next to her on the bed. Lily took it gratefullyand gave a loud blow.

"Feel better?" asked Hannah hopefully.

"Not really." Lily sighed then sniffed, feeling her nose beginningto get stuffy again.

"I know you and Star were close, but she is gone now. She wouldwant you to keep your head up and smile." Hannah lightly rubbedher back.

"I'm sure you're right Hannah; you usually are." Lily looked atHannah sincerely, smiling with gratitude, grateful to have such agood friend.

Hannah gave her a reassuring grin. "We must get you dressedfor breakfast with Elder Karyn. The gossip in the servants' quartersis that she has something to tell you! This might be it!" she saidexcitedly.

Lily instantly brightened, hoping against hope that her motherhad finally agreed to allow her to go to Earth for study. They hadbeen arguing about it for years, and Lily had tried everything toconvince her mother of the importance of going. "Well, what are wewaiting for?" she said happily and jumped out of bed with a spring inher step. In the back of her mind, she knew that she was not goingto talk to her mother today about leaving to study. They were to talkabout Star and perhaps about funeral arrangements. She pushed thethought far from her mind as she tried to keep the happy feeling alivewithin her, when all that she wished to do was lie on her bed and cryuntil she couldn't any longer.

They walked to the closet at the opposite end of the room andstepped in. It was a strangely spacious closet despite the smallnessof the actual room outside, with a step stool in the center and tworacks of clothes on either side with shoes underneath in neat...

��ber diesen Titel� kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Anbieterinformationen

Hello! Ria Christie Collections is an online venture that was initially set up in 2012 to sell books. We do not have a physical high street store. We are professional online booksellers. We only sell brand new books in perfect condition that we source from various suppliers and the publishers. Primarily, our aim is to provide an excellent service to all our customers. We always work as a team to achieve this. Our other objectives are to: 1. Ensure that all our products reach their destination quickly in a safe and secure manner 2. Answer to all our customer queries within 24 hours 3. Ensure that our customers are happy with their purchases 4. Provide all the items at a competitive price 5. Always listen to our customers Ria Christie Collections is not a registered company. It is a Sole Trader venture. Other key information is shown below: Contact Person Name: Rakesh Luchmun (Mr) Storefront Name: Ria Christie Collections Place of Establishment Address: Suite B; ARUN House; ARUN Building Arundel Road Uxbridge UB8 2RR United Kingdom E-Mail Address: riachristie@hotmail.co.uk VAT Number: GB 160 5650 25 We always work hard and aim to comply with all of Abebooks Policies. If you have any issues, please do not hesitate to write to us whether before or after a purchase. We promise to reply to you promptly and, in any case, within 24 hours. Thank you kindly! Yours sincerely Mr Rakesh Luchmun (Founder) and the Ria Christie Collections Team

Zur Homepage des Verk�ufers

Unternehmensdaten des Verk�ufers

Ryefield Investments Limited
175 Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, UB8 3NL, United Kingdom

Gesch�ftsbedingungen und Versandinformationen

Verkaufsbedingungen

All Returns and Refund are as per Abebooks policies.

Widerrufsbelehrung

Wenn Sie Verbraucher sind, steht Ihnen ein Widerrufsrecht nach folgender Ma�gabe zu. Verbraucher ist jede nat�rliche Person, die ein Rechtsgesch�ft zu Zwecken abschlie�t, die �berwiegend weder ihrer gewerblichen noch ihrer selbst�ndigen beruflichen T�tigkeit zugerechnet werden k�nnen.

WIDERRUFSBELEHRUNG

Widerrufsrecht

Sie haben das Recht, binnen vierzehn Tagen ohne Angabe von Gr�nden diesen Vertrag zu widerrufen.

Die Widerrufsfrist betr�gt vierzehn Tage ab dem Tag, an dem Sie oder ein von Ihnen benannter Dritter, der nicht der Bef�rderer ist, die letzte Ware oder die letzte Teilsendung bzw. das letzte St�ck in Besitz genommen haben bzw. hat.

Um Ihr Widerrufsrecht auszu�ben, m�ssen Sie uns, Ria Christie Collections, Suite B; (inside) ARUN House; ARUN, Arundel Road; Uxbridge Ind Est, UB8 2RR, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, +44 7727654838, mittels einer eindeutigen Erkl�rung (z.B. ein mit der Post versandter Brief, Telefax oder E-Mail) �ber Ihren Entschluss, diesen Vertrag zu widerrufen, informieren. Sie k�nnen daf�r das beigef�gte Muster-Widerrufsformular verwenden, das jedoch nicht vorgeschrieben ist. Sie k�nnen auch eine andere eindeutige Erkl�rung auf der Webseite "Meine Bestellungen" in Ihrem "Nutzerkonto" elektronisch ausf�llen und �bermitteln. Machen Sie von dieser M�glichkeit Gebrauch, so werden wir Ihnen unverz�glich (z. B. per E-Mail) eine Best�tigung �ber den Eingang eines solchen Widerrufs �bermitteln. Zur Wahrung der Widerrufsfrist reicht es aus, dass Sie die Mitteilung �ber die Aus�bung des Widerrufsrechts vor Ablauf der Widerrufsfrist absenden.

Folgen des Widerrufs

Wenn Sie diesen Vertrag widerrufen, haben wir Ihnen alle Zahlungen, die wir von Ihnen erhalten haben, einschlie�lich der Lieferkosten (mit Ausnahme der zus�tzlichen Kosten, die sich daraus ergeben, dass Sie eine andere Art der Lieferung als die von uns angebotene, g�nstigste Standardlieferung gew�hlt haben), unverz�glich und sp�testens binnen vierzehn Tagen ab dem Tag zur�ckzuzahlen, an dem die Mitteilung �ber Ihren Widerruf dieses Vertrags bei uns eingegangen ist. F�r diese R�ckzahlung verwenden wir dasselbe Zahlungsmittel, das Sie bei der urspr�nglichen Transaktion eingesetzt haben, es sei denn, mit Ihnen wurde ausdr�cklich etwas anderes vereinbart; in keinem Fall werden Ihnen wegen dieser R�ckzahlung Entgelte berechnet. Wir k�nnen die R�ckzahlung verweigern, bis wir die Waren wieder zur�ckerhalten haben oder bis Sie den Nachweis erbracht haben, dass Sie die Waren zur�ckgesandt haben, je nachdem, welches der fr�here Zeitpunkt ist. Sie haben die Waren unverz�glich und in jedem Fall sp�testens binnen vierzehn Tagen ab dem Tag, an dem Sie uns �ber den Widerruf dieses Vertrags unterrichten, an Ria Christie Collections, Suite B; (inside) ARUN House; ARUN Building, Arundel Road; Uxbridge Ind Est, UB8 2RR, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, +44 7727654838, zur�ckzusenden oder zu �bergeben. Die Frist ist gewahrt, wenn Sie die Waren vor Ablauf der Frist von vierzehn Tagen absenden.

Sie tragen die unmittelbaren Kosten der R�cksendung der Waren. Sie m�ssen f�r einen etwaigen Wertverlust der Waren nur aufkommen, wenn dieser Wertverlust auf einen zur Pr�fung der Beschaffenheit, Eigenschaften und Funktionsweise der Waren nicht notwendigen Umgang mit ihnen zur�ckzuf�hren ist.

Ausnahmen vom Widerrufsrecht

Das Widerrufsrecht besteht nicht bzw. erlischt bei folgenden Vertr�gen:

Zur Lieferung von Zeitungen und Zeitschriften oder Illustrierten, mit Ausnahme von Abonnement Vertr�gen;
Bei der Lieferung digitaler Inhalte, die nicht auf einem k�rperlichen Datentr�ger (z.B. einer CD oder DVD) geliefert werden, wenn Sie dem Beginn der Ausf�hrung vor der Bestellung ausdr�cklich zugestimmt und zur selben Zeit best�tigt haben, dass mit der Ausf�hrung begonnen werden kann und Sie Ihr Widerrufsrecht verlieren, sobald die Ausf�hrung begonnen hat.

ENDE DER WIDERRUFSBELEHRUNG

Muster-Widerrufsformular

(Wenn Sie den Vertrag widerrufen wollen, dann f�llen Sie bitte dieses Formular aus und senden Sie es zur�ck)

An: (Ria Christie Collections, Suite B; (inside) ARUN House; ARUN, Arundel Road; Uxbridge Ind Est, UB8 2RR, Uxbridge, United Kingdom, +44 7727654838)

Hiermit widerrufe(n) ich/wir* den von mir/uns* abgeschlossenen Vertrag �ber den Kauf der folgenden Waren*/ die Erbringung der folgenden Dienstleistung*

Bestellt am*/erhalten am*:

Name des/der Verbraucher(s):

Anschrift des/der Verbraucher(s):

Unterschrift des/der Verbraucher(s) (nur bei Mitteilung auf Papier):

Datum:

* Unzutreffendes streichen.

Versandbedingungen

Orders usually ship within 2 business days. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. Thank you!

Versandkosten von Vereinigtes K�nigreich nach USA

Versandkosten von Vereinigtes K�nigreich nach USA
Bestellmenge	6 bis 12�Werktage	6 bis 12�Werktage
Erster Artikel	EUR 13.84	EUR 13.84

Die Versandzeiten werden von den Verk�uferinnen und Verk�ufern festgelegt. Sie variieren je nach Versanddienstleister und Standort. Sendungen, die den Zoll passieren, k�nnen Verz�gerungen unterliegen. Eventuell anfallende Abgaben oder Geb�hren sind von der K�uferin bzw. dem K�ufer zu tragen. Die Verk�uferin bzw. der Verk�ufer kann Sie bez�glich zus�tzlicher Versandkosten kontaktieren, um einen m�glichen Anstieg der Versandkosten f�r Ihre Artikel auszugleichen.

Zahlungsarten

Zu Kaufgesuchen hinzuf�gen

Verwandte Artikel zu Elements: Prism's Edge

Elements: Prism's Edge

Snow, Grace

Neu - Softcover

Beschreibung

Bibliografische Details

�ber diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe