Category: Book Extras

Now you know why two little, dark-haired waifs from Twelvestones were able to open a swiftgate. They are unwanted, unintended half-breeds relegated to nameless servitude because they were born dark instead of fair. Disconcerting. Yes. But this isn’t a faery tale. Rootstock Saga is about evolution. Biological and social....

This is a chapter I kept arguing with myself whether to include or cut. On the one hand, we’re building toward the climax of Legend of the Storm Hawks. The momentum is keeping pace with the drumbeats of war. So why leap across the ocean to Tallu for one...

Right about now you may be saying, “What the…?” You met Mouse as one of the waifs who opened a swiftgate for Jenna and Gaven. By now, her companion Raven has moved on from Old Mona’s care, and it’s Mouse’s to time to leave and be put to service...

The Hawthorne Island massacre cemented the hatred between Clan Iverach and Clan Camran. It also forever joined their fates. The chieftain line of Clan Iverach in Legend of the Storm Hawks, according to legitimacy as recorded by the Church of Innis. And the chieftain line of Clan Camran. Note...

Let’s pause and reflect for a moment, shall we? The past few chapters revealed several big secrets, some of which I’m sure you guessed and a few I hope were still surprises. First, the runaway prince. Nigel Willoughby was born Prince Nihyllen o’Berwyn, eldest son of King Berwyn of...

Gaven travels from Dundarien to Twelvestones through a mysterious portal Jenna calls a swift gate. The portal opens in the cave beneath Gaven’s observatory ledge on the sheer cliffs of Mount Yonah. Wait. Calum and Rachel thoroughly explored this cave earlier. They found no portal. They found only a...

Wait.. who is this guy? Nihyllen appears at Brynmohr’s table in disguise. He must because he is not welcome at Twelvestones. His companion is a mysterious, foreign-born woman. Brynmohr recognizes him and knows to be wary of what the woman might have slipped into his drink. They both refer...

That’s right. You guessed it. Gaven and Rosalee are the second of the Rootstock Saga characters to form a mindgifted bond. Gaven’s farsight has already been well-established in the story, but Rosalee has a tinge of her sister’s empathy gift. They are bonded telepaths, like Seth and Isobel, but...

Let’s summarize, shall we? Rafe is a mute. He’s also an agent of the Dawnguard assigned to assist and guard the Degotoga. He and Ashlon have something in common. I’m sure you can guess what that is. Lucinda Degotoga is Nigel’s wife and fellow Dawnguard agent. They met in...

In the past several chapters, we witnessed the first Awakenings. Mindspeaking Ashlon speaks telepathically to Isobel, urging her to jump from the ledge. The mindgift he sought to awaken with his vow of silence bursts free in the crucible of danger. Ashlon is the first mindspeaker chronicled in the...