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KIRINS: The Flight of the Ain by James D. Priest
Fantasy
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Book two of The KIRINS Trilogy
A race of tiny magical beings lives on Earth today.
They are kirins.
Because of an ancient dispute, however, humans are unaware of their hidden civilization. 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 to destroy an evil lurking a continent and an ocean away.
In this second book of the KIRINS trilogy, the party reaches the sea, a vast and impassable entity. They encounter a reclusive clan of magicians, and the generous but reluctant Findadors, who produce music from their souls, and reveal how the quest may be carried on. The travelers depart to cross the ocean, and on their way discover a place that takes them to the beginning of time.
Behold the ocean world as it has never before been seen. Journey with these bold adventurers as they challenge the great water in search of their destination—the land where magic began.
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."
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Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Episode 1 (Chapter 1) (23.93 MB) | The party of seven departs their place of reunion, flies eastward, six on ravens and Runagar on a sandhill crane, and enters territories densely populated by humans. | Aug 2, 2010 |
| Episode 2 (Chapter 2) (21.42 MB) | While waiting for the wing of Talli’s raven to heal, the traveling party lies low in a wooded area surrounded on all sides by human civilization. | Aug 9, 2010 |
| Episode 3 (Chapter 3) (24.47 MB) | The travelers land on a wind-blown beach beside the sea. Gilin and Talli reveal what little they know about crossing the ocean. The voyagers meet a strange new group of kirins in striped clothing. | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Episode 4 (Chapters 4-5) (27.92 MB) | Speckarin is interrogated, and when the interrogators learn that the traveling party wishes to cross the ocean, they reveal something astonishing. | Aug 26, 2010 |
| Episode 5 (Chapter 6) (22.45 MB) | To purportedly find a means of crossing the ocean, the magicians lead the travelers to a cliff side towering above the ocean, and then down its sheer surface into a dark opening. | Sep 3, 2010 |
| Episode 6 (Chapter 7) (22.53 MB) | In the grotto a conversation ensues between the magician leader and the distant voice from above speaking fragmented Ruvon. | Sep 11, 2010 |
| Episode 7 (Chapter 8) (24.6 MB) | A beautiful Findador woman interrogates the travelers. Invisible to the Findadors, Gilin explores their domain freely. | Sep 20, 2010 |
| Episode 8 (Chapter 9) (23.25 MB) | The travelers are suddenly in the brilliant light of a second cavern, looking down on eight of the great white birds and their handlers. | Sep 27, 2010 |
| Episode 9 (Chapter 10) (31.8 MB) | The travelers train on the gannets, and travel a long distance with the Findadors to collect food for the impending journey. | Oct 4, 2010 |
| Episode 10 (Chapters 11-12) (30.47 MB) | The ain feed for the first time at sea, the travelers observing anxiously. | Oct 12, 2010 |
| Episode 11 (Chapters 13-14) (31.01 MB) | A flock of small birds attacks Hut's food containers, Hut defending them and sustaining an injury. Speckarin's hopes for the party and its mission are at their lowest point ever. | Oct 23, 2010 |
| Episode 12 (Chapters 15-16) (27.05 MB) | The party elects to change course and go in the direction they think the attacking birds went, and do so through a fierce oceanic storm. | Nov 3, 2010 |
| Episode 13 (Chapters 17-18) (30.41 MB) | Talli and Gilin bring meager material for a fire to warm the travelers, and Speckarin’s magical fire starter turns it into a blaze that burns all night. | Nov 7, 2010 |
| Episode 14 (Chapters 19-21) (34.95 MB) | Ruggum Chamter and Gilin go against Speckarin's instructions and enter the island's underworld. For more information on KIRINS, go to www.kirinbooks.com. | Nov 16, 2010 |
| Episode 15 (Chapters 22-23) (47.04 MB) | When Diliani returns to tell Speckarin that Ruggum and Gilin followed them inside, she finds a throng of human beings filling the corridor. | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Episode 16 (Chapters 24-25) (36.43 MB) | Rebecca escorts the travelers to a room of special significance, where she unrolls an ancient map, and Gilin and Talli recognize something on it which excites them. | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Episode 17 (Chapters 26-27) (39.08 MB) | With traveling bags replete with food and water from the islanders, the voyagers depart their haven of rest and recuperation and resume the flight eastward. | Dec 19, 2010 |
| Episode 18 (Chapters 28-29) (29.01 MB) | Runagar and his gannet are driven beneath the ocean's surface by an immense ocean-going vessel. | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Episode 19 (Chapters 30-31) (34.47 MB) | The party finally arrives at what they think is their final destination. | Jan 12, 2011 |
| Episode 20 (Bonus Episode) (29.14 MB) | This is a bonus episode previewing the third book of the KIRINS trilogy, The Secret of the Hanging Stones. | Feb 12, 2011 |