For Ages
9 to 12

Phoenix Rising #3: World's End is a part of the Phoenix Rising Trilogy collection.

Have you ever been inspired to be more?

Elissa used to daydream about being a princess. Now the reality of what it brings is clear: stiff, courtly manners, dresses like cages, tortuously high shoes, and betrothal to an aging duke to secure her father’s kingdom! Elissa wants no part of it and makes her escape to be with her devoted friends, who the King has no use for. But the unseen hand of the Ancient One once again guides Elissa toward a fate she does not wish to acknowledge—the culmination of the prophecy of the Phoenix!

This bright and satisfying conclusion to the Phoenix Rising Trilogy includes riveting adventure, the testing of loyalties, and the return of two old enemies . . . not to mention surprising revelations for our heroine, Elissa—and her fans. It’s not to be missed!

An Excerpt fromPhoenix Rising #3: World's End

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The Castle by the Sea    
Castlemar, the Castle-by-the-Sea, stood on a high bluff overlooking the great expanse of rough gray water for which it had been named. From a distance, the castle looked like a giant's crown, its battlements, turrets, and towers rising above an impassivelimestone face. Unlike the cliff it rested on, the castle walls were made of durable granite, so hard that the perpetual sea winds could not erode them. Originally the stone had been polished to such a high sheen that the central tower reflected the morningsun like a beacon, but decades of salt-laden breezes had roughened its exterior so that now the stone gleamed only in the cracks and crevices that had escaped the aging effects of the wind.   The granite had been hauled from the northern mountains so long ago that nobody could remember who had ordered such a huge undertaking, but it must have been someone with a large labor force at his disposal, a navy, and many enemies, for the castle wallswere…