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KIRINS: The Spell of No'an by James D. Priest
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Book one of The KIRINS Trilogy
A race of tiny, magical beings lives on Earth today. They dwell in elaborate tree homes and mysterious underground sanctuaries. Because of an ancient dispute, however, humans are unaware of their hidden civilization.
They are kirins.
For thousands of years they lived in peace. But a deadly menace now threatens their existence. A party of daring explorers, led by the wise magician Speckarin, is sent on trained ravens to destroy an evil lurking a continent and an ocean away. Failure of this mission would mean death to the voyagers and the entire kirin race. But their success will depend on aid from a truly unexpected source, human beings.
Fly with these adventurers and witness today's world as it has never before been seen. You'll find yourself looking to the skies for this mystical race of beings, because maybe, just maybe . . .
The Spell of No'an is the first book of the KIRINS trilogy. Mary Logue, author of DANCING WITH AN ALIEN, SNATCHED, and numerous other books, says this about the work: "Having read all three books of James Priest's wonderful trilogy, I have nothing but praise. The scope of this work, which takes us from the middle of North America across the Atlantic on the backs of birds to Stonehenge, is extraordinary. I enjoyed every moment I spent with the kirins. Priest's work resembles LORD OF THE RINGS, but is more rooted in nature and gentler in tone."
A PDF of the book is available from Foremost Press.
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Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Episode 1 (Chapters 1-3) (33.85 MB) | Trying to escape an attacking gronom, Talli and Gilin separate. Kirin lads Hut and Berin discover a patch of treasured mushrooms. When humans happen upon the scene, the lads' clansmen deal with them. For more information on KIRINS, go to www.kirinbooks.com. | Apr 24, 2009 |
| Episode 2 (Chapters 4-7) (34.16 MB) | Gilin enters Hut's room in the dead of night. A gronom appears and the lads depart hurriedly. The next morning, while holding Gilin's calamar, Hut sees a vision. Frightened, he implores Gilin to tell him more about his predicament. | Apr 24, 2009 |
| Episode 3 (Chapters 8-10) (38.25 MB) | Gilin tells Hut how a gronom might be harmed. Talli and Gilin tell Hut what they must do to fulfill Olamin's mission. Hoping to get help for their mission, they go with Hut to the vicinity of his clan's tree. | Apr 24, 2009 |
| Episode 4 (Chapters 11-13) (35.39 MB) | The Yorl and Moger clans meet on Rogalinon, the Yorl tree, and send for the youngsters with the knowledge. After their arrival, gronoms close in on Gilin and Talli. Realizing the magnitude of the problem, the clan magicians decide to send a party on a trek to the hanging stones. For more information on KIRINS, go to www.kirinbooks.com. | Apr 24, 2009 |
| Episode 5 (Chapters 14-15) (32.09 MB) | The clans choose a party of five for the expedition. Deeply disappointed at not being included is clan elder Ruggum Chamter, who secretly formulates his own plan. Flying on trained ravens, the party departs on the mission. | Apr 24, 2009 |
| Episode 6 (Chapters 16-18) (31.14 MB) | On the third day of flight the party encounters a violent thunderstorm. Upon landing, they come to a terrifying conclusion. One of their group is missing. | May 1, 2009 |
| Episode 7 (Chapters 19-20) (30.55 MB) | The party attempts to find their missing member and encounters volodons. Ruggum Chamter's secret plan is revealed. | May 8, 2009 |
| Episode 8 (Chapters 21-23) (32.65 MB) | A small human girl looks straight at Gilin, and says, "Hello." Talli is injured, and fearing for her life Speckarin dispatches Hut to collect sap from a barwood tree. | May 15, 2009 |
| Episode 9 (Chapters 24-26) (29.18 MB) | Speckarin departs for the barwood grove to look for Hut, but returns alone and devastated. Issar and Runagar, local Shillitoe kirins, appear on foxes carrying Hut's body, then lead the travelers to the camouflaged entrance to their tribe's home. | May 21, 2009 |
| Episode 10 (Chapter 27) (21.93 MB) | The Shillitoes' home is an immense, brightly illuminated cave. There the travelers meet Lanara, the old and wizened queen, whose eyes sparkle and dance with curiosity. | May 29, 2009 |
| Episode 11 (Chapters 28-29) (23.79 MB) | Through Lidor, distillation of barwood sap begins. Hut awakens and is escorted to the guest chambers. As Ruggum and Gilin approach a human building, Ruggum knows instantly he has made a mistake. For more information on KIRINS, go to www.kirinbooks.com. | Jun 5, 2009 |
| Episode 12 (Chapters 30-32) (28.95 MB) | On a whim, Nathan, the older of John Versteeg’s grandsons, fires a shotgun, leaving Gilin, Ruggum, and their ravens grievously endangered. | Jun 12, 2009 |
| Episode 13 (Chapter 33) (21.61 MB) | Ruggum concludes that Gilin is visible to humans. Desperate, the kirins ask the humans for help. | Jun 19, 2009 |
| Episode 14 (Chapter 34) (18.97 MB) | Hut meets Runagar, the Shillitoe with coppery-red hair who, along with Issar, found Hut unconscious in the barwood grove. Runagar has never flown, and asks Hut to take him for a ride on a raven. | Jun 26, 2009 |
| Episode 15 (Chapter 35) (23.52 MB) | Hut and Runagar escort two ravens through a tunnel to the outside world. Hut gives Runagar a brief flying lesson, and off they go on the birds, flying beautifully, Runagar in his glory. | Jul 3, 2009 |
| Episode 16 (Chapters 36-37) (27.89 MB) | Diliani and her raven enter the dark tunnels in search of Talli’s raven. At John Versteeg's lodge, Ruggum and the old man work together to aid the injured bird. For more information on KIRINS, go to www.kirinbooks.com. | Jul 10, 2009 |
| Episode 17 (Chapter 38) (20.09 MB) | Hut and Runagar disclose that Runagar has ridden on a raven and wants to join the quest. Queen Lanara urges Speckarin to include Runagar because, with his gift of voice, the mission has a far greater chance of success. | Jul 17, 2009 |
| Episode 18 (Chapters 39-41) (36.83 MB) | Diliani is lost in a maze of dark tunnels. Lidor, the Shillitoe fairinor, administers barwood essence to Talli. Speckarin asks Lanara, the old queen, for help in finding Diliani. | Jul 24, 2009 |
| Episode 19 (Chapters 42-43) (37.25 MB) | When John Versteeg asks how kirins look when they grow older, Ruggum Chamter does something he never dreamed he would. Meanwhile, Diliani is dragged by the wrist through total darkness by an unknown entity. | Jul 31, 2009 |
| Episode 20 (Chapter 44) (28.08 MB) | In the presence of Gryglas, an underground race of beings, Diliani fears for herself and her raven. For more information on KIRINS, go to www.kirinbooks.com. | Aug 7, 2009 |
| Episode 21 (Chapters 45-46) (39.33 MB) | Talli gives an extraordinary account of being far away and knowing something grave has happened to her. Meanwhile, Diliani departs the Gryglas' lair. | Aug 13, 2009 |
| Episode 22 (Chapters 47-48) (38.07 MB) | Speckarin's party departs the Shillitoes, and the old queen has a premonition about Runagar. The two traveling parties, Speckarin's and Gilin's, discover they are but a day's flight apart. | Aug 22, 2009 |
| Episode 23 (Chapter 49) (24.65 MB) | Nathan bets two friends that he can show them a little man with big dark eyes and long feet at his grandfather's lodge. Having no idea whether the raven's injured wing is healed, Ruggum orders immediate departure. | Aug 27, 2009 |
| Episode 24 (Chapter 50) (33.21 MB) | Through instruments of magic, Talli's toe ring and the calamars of Gilin and Speckarin, the two traveling parties try to find each other. For more information on KIRINS, go to www.kirinbooks.com. | Sep 4, 2009 |
| Episode 25 (Bonus Episode) (15.22 MB) | This is a bonus episode previewing the second book of the KIRINS trilogy, The Flight of the Ain, coming soon! To learn more about KIRINS, and for a release date for The Flight of the Ain, visit www.kirinbooks.com. | Sep 13, 2009 |