Island of Fog Series

Mythical creatures, shapeshifters, and magic - a fantasy series for preteens, tweens, and adults!   A hidden island shrouded in fog. That unseen place Out There on the mainland where something terrible happened years ago. Only a handful of people left in the world...   Or so the children are told.   When Hal and Robbie make an astonishing discovery in the woods, they realize the adults of the small community have a dark secret. And the arrival of a mysterious woman at school proves it. Who is she? Where on earth did she come from? The classmates are more determined than ever to find out what their parents are hiding.   But their lives are turned upside down when a girl in class reveals a secret. According to her, the children are slowly changing into monsters of myth and legend! Are they freaks of nature, or subjects of a sinister experiment?   "I recommend these books. Read them with your children." - New York Times bestselling fantasy author Piers Anthony   "A fantastic book to share with kids!" - Lolly "Very well written. Reminds me very much of C.S. Lewis Narnia series. Great reading for kids and adults." - Kindle Customer "A cross between The Island of Dr. Morreau and the Twilight Zone... ending up in a new and wonderful land." - Maverick "If City of Ember met Lost." - Amazon Customer "This book is great for fans of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson." - Ohana "One of the best books I've ever read" - Holly   Collect all the books in the ISLAND OF FOG series: Island of Fog Labyrinth of Fire Mountain of Whispers Lake of Spirits Roads of Madness Chamber of Ghosts Valley of Monsters Prison of Despair Castle of Spells Forest of Souls Sea of Legends Tower of Time Portal of Chaos Golem of Gloom Temple of Orcs Box of Fables And don't miss the ISLAND OF FOG CHRONICLES and ISLAND OF FOG LEGACIES. Plenty to sink your teeth into!   ------------   More praise for this book:   "We are proud to announce that Island of Fog by Keith robinson is a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. This tells you that this book is well worth your time and money! - indieBRAG "A Fun Tale for Junior High Schooler. I just finished Percy Jackson before moving on the Island of Fog and I have to say, I enjoyed this book much more. Both are aimed at Junior High aged kids but Island of Fog hangs together far better as a story. If you like the Harry Potter books and the Percy Jackson books, then you'll definitely want to check out Island of Fog." - Dianna Richards "This book was by far one of the best books I've ever read. The story was amazing , and the writing was great. I loved this book!" - Branda Rose Lee

"Whisper Mountain is the lair of the beast," say the frightened mountain elves. "Beware the Shadow Demon, for it will hunt you down and eat you alive."   Whisper Mountain gets its name from the cries of ghosts echoing down its slopes, the souls of victims who have run afoul of the demon. Who in their right mind would venture into the deserted elfin temple?   But, according to a crazy old soothsayer, the mountain is the "key to everything."   Miss Simone agrees the mountain is worth investigating, but as leader of the village, she has more immediate problems to deal with. A squad of armed soldiers has just crossed over from the old world, bringing with them the strong possibility of an industrialized, technologically advanced human invasion that threatens the magical land forever.   The shapeshifters set off to the mountain, hoping all this talk of demons and ghosts is just superstitious nonsense. What they find there surprises everybody...

Shapeshifters Hal, Robbie, Abigail, and Emily are trapped in the old world with no magic, no means to get home... and no shapeshifting ability!   As if that's not bad enough, Emily is sick and worsening by the hour. They have to make it to safety soon. But where is safe? The abandoned city? Their old island?   The desperate shapeshifters face an enemy worse than dragons and other mythical creatures – people! But not just ordinary people. Driven crazy by a terrible virus more than a decade before, and eking out a life on the deserted streets ever since, the only way for these gangs to survive is to hunt and scavenge. Known as scrags, and marked by lesions and scars, they're easy to recognize... and best avoided.   Easier said than done.

Shapeshifters. Mermaids. And a shapeshifting mermaid!   Sixteen years ago...   Jolie was just a one-year-old baby when, as part of an experimental shapeshifter program, she transformed into a mermaid-like creature... and stuck in that form. Faced with the impossible challenge of raising her, the scientists had no choice but to hand her over to others of her kind, the mysterious miengu people of the lake.   Present day...   It's rumored that these enchanting water spirits can heal the sick. Imagine if Jolie, now a teenager, can be brought back into the human world! She has the power to save lives — if she's willing.   That's the task facing Hal and his shapeshifter friends.   Jolie is beautiful, and the boys are utterly besotted. But the girls are certain there's more to her than meets the eye. Is she delightful... or deadly?   "Robinson has crafted one of his best characters yet — a nuanced and challenging individual who will keep Hal and company as well as readers guessing until the very end." —ROGER ESCHBACHER, AUTHOR

Hal and his friends have arrived in a magical world full of mythical creatures. But there's no time to rest. As shapeshifters, important and dangerous missions lie ahead!   Dewey quickly feels the pressure of dealing with ornery centaurs. Meanwhile, Lauren and Hal are quaking in their shoes, for the town in the north is under constant attack from harpies and dragons.   These vicious creatures must somehow be reasoned with and persuaded not to plunder and steal, and most importantly, not to eat humans! The trouble is, neither harpies nor dragons are interested in negotiating.   The shapeshifters join forces to deal with these serious issues. They end up in the heart of dragon country, down in the Labyrinth of Fire beneath an oozing volcano. Somehow, they must make the dragons see the error of their ways.   Their quest forces them to question the extent of their shapeshifting abilities... and this leads to a shocking discovery that is likely to start a war.

What happens when a shapeshifter dragon is bitten by a werewolf?   Everyone in the village is looking at Hal with suspicion. Even his friends are wary. Not only did he blow up Bad Rock Gulch and create havoc across the land, now he has werewolf blood coursing through his veins. It's time to get away for a while – and he has just the mission!   Recalling a vision of a long-lost boy named Chase, and armed with clues as to his whereabouts, Hal sets off with a few friends on a journey to find him as well as the elusive shapeshifter twins Bo and Astrid, a couple of sphinxes who also vanished without a trace.   Finding them might just answer more questions than they could possibly imagine...   The seventh book in the series explores Miss Simone's childhood and brings home an important scientific breakthrough.

Magic has been nullified by a phoenix. Now shapeshifters are as ordinary as everyone else.   But there's hope. To the east lies Bad Rock Gulch where goblins mine for a special kind of energy. This place has a cavern deep underground known as the Chamber of Ghosts where the shapeshifters might be able to replenish their magic – to recharge. Problem is, the chamber is haunted.   It's here that Hal receives a warning his life is in danger. What unfolds changes his perspective on everything he knows, and he soon finds himself alone, trying to persuade his friends to see things his way. Set on a course of action that everyone thinks is foolhardy and dangerous, he's plagued by doubt but resolves to see it through no matter what...   With mountain trolls, a village of werewolves, underground ghosts, a boy from the past, and a trio of thundering helicopters carrying a cargo that will change the world, the sixth book in the series literally goes out with a bang.

The shapeshifters battle an old enemy in the first of an epic two-part story!   Everything is quiet in the village. Perhaps too quiet.   When nighttime intruders take dozens of hostages, Hal and his friends find themselves up against a familiar enemy: the dreaded scrags of Old Earth.   The constant threat of executions renders the shapeshifters powerless to do anything to help. Instead, they're forced to cooperate and spend time in the dreaded Prison of Despair, a dismal place in the woods with an insidious curse.   Hal and his resourceful shapeshifter friends have to find ways to escape the prison undetected. But in doing so, they discover the true reason the scrags have walked into the village... and it looks like the real trouble is just getting started.

Why is a faun attacking innocent passers-by? Where do the victims disappear to, leaving only their scattered clothes and piles of dust?   After a run-in with a steamer dragon, Hal is the hero of the day – but he feels pretty useless when confronted by a forest-dwelling creature bent on erasing humans from New Earth.   Worse, some of Hal's best friends are taken as well. The remaining shapeshifters unite to bring down the merciless villain and end her foul plot forever...   A brand new magical adventure full of creatures from myth and legend!   "... a strong return to this imaginative franchise ... overflowing with enthusiasm and cleverness ... advances the overall story and has some seamless callbacks to the many adventures that precede it ... a delight and so very rewarding ..."

The young shapeshifters ARE BACK in their 11th fantasy adventure!   When Miss Simone sends Hal and his friends on a mission to find the fabled edge of the world, they set sail with a crew of goblins and soon run afoul of a sea monster. But instead of sinking to the bottom of the ocean, their crippled ship is carried by a giant turtle to a place beyond their wildest dreams.   So begins their journey to a magical place inhabited by immortals and littered with shipwrecks and bones. There's a very good reason why nobody has ever returned to tell the tale of Haven...   Full of wondrous (and terrifying) creatures, the eleventh book in the magical Island of Fog fantasy series explores the legends of eastern yokai folklore and delivers action and excitement for middle-grade readers and up. This is a complete story in itself, a great place to jump in and meet the young shapeshifters if you haven't read the other books in the series.

A castle on a cliff overtaken by monsters – and a deadly battle on the beach.   The hostage crisis is over, but Molly the gorgon and Blair the phoenix remain in the very firm clutches of Queen Bee and her Swarm. Not only that, but the determined scrags have discovered the secret to becoming shapeshifters!   Hal and his friends set out to infiltrate the Swarm's hideout, a castle perched on the cliff over the coastal town of Brodon. But the confined spaces make it difficult to transform, and Hal resorts to secrecy and sabotage rather than outright dragon mayhem.   A battle is inevitable, though, and the shapeshifters will have to join forces to confront the newly transformed scrag monsters of Brodon. In the epic conclusion to a two-part story, the young heroes will have to fight tooth and claw to protect the world from gangs of villainous mythical creatures...

What could a witch possibly want with a kraken's eyeball? It doesn't even fit in her cauldron!   The story goes that a bold captain and his crew battled a sea monster and gouged out its eye. It would have been the catch of the century if they'd made it back alive. Instead, all that remained was a lifeboat carrying four dead men and their ghastly treasure.   When the giant eyeball goes missing from the science laboratory, Hal and his shapeshifter friends follow the trail to Madame Frost, a sinister witch in the woods who has devised a way to peek at events from the distant past . . .   Events that are best forgotten.   The twelfth Island of Fog book can be enjoyed as a standalone fantasy adventure as well as the next installment in the series. A witch's magical spells, a mysterious tower on a cliff, ghostly meddling in history – and more than one jaw-dropping twist!

A group of thirteen-year-old shapeshifters are sent on a rescue mission to the thirteenth floor of a highrise building where something terrible lurks.   The people of Old Earth are busy rebuilding their towns and cities, putting industries back to work, and forging new communities, all the while getting to know their newfound neighbors—a parallel world full of mythical creatures, magic, and wonder!   But magic isn't always good. Sometimes it's downright evil.   In a newly restored city, something disturbing has happened in an office building. People have vanished without trace, and rescue teams can't get past a pack of deadly hellhounds. The situation is well beyond Old Earth's capabilities, and the authorities request the help of Miss Simone and her team of shapeshifters.   With Friday 13th coming up in a few days, is it too much to hope that luck will be on their side?

A lost and lonely golem wearing a crown of sticks. Who made her, and why? And where is she headed?   The shapeshifters are faced with a curious mission when they run across a ten-foot-tall woman sculpted from mud and animated by magic. A golem is usually a mindless automaton, but this one has a purpose, a reason to keep moving. If only she could remember what it was!   Her route home to a nonexistent castle is fraught with danger, and the shapeshifters vow to help the confused creature. Unfortunately, the journey has to be on foot or she'll fall apart, so a quick flight becomes a major trek through perilous lands.   It turns out there's more to this golem than meets the eye . . .   With a classic fairy tale feel, GOLEM OF GLOOM is the fourteenth book in the Island of Fog series.

Do bigfoots and yetis really exist? They do in New Earth, and the shapeshifters are on a mission to prove it . . . When Hal and his friends go on a bigfoot-spotting mission to the mountains, they end up embroiled in the hunt for a killer. Is their quarry a yeti from the neighboring mountain, or something else entirely? Tensions mount as the shapeshifters find themselves in the crossfire between two powerful clans. Only their wits and transformation abilities can help them uncover the truth behind the midnight attacks . . .

The orc population is expanding. And their leader, King Gruel, has a dastardly plan to take over the world!   A mission to free prisoners from the golden Temple of Orcs may be the biggest challenge yet for Hal and his friends. The shapeshifters find themselves up against magical artifacts, the threat of a deadly weapon, and an invasion of orcs in their home town!   The fifteenth book in the ISLAND OF FOG series continues Queen Morgana's plight as she seeks to save her people. And then there's Seth, another dragon shapeshifter. Is he a friend or foe?

What happens when fairy tales and fables come to life?   A cabin in an enchanted forest seems like the perfect location for nine shapeshifters to catch up on their school work. But after a traveling salesman sells them a mysterious box that promises to bring their favorite fairy tales to life, it seems nobody bothers to read the small print. The box does indeed bring fairy tales to life – just not as they imagined.   Dozens of animals rampage across the lawn, including a giant wolf that threatens to blow their house down. A beanstalk grows as tall as the clouds. An archer known as the huntsman prowls the woods looking for Snow White. And the sinister Red-Legged Scissor-Man is eager to chop off thumbs. The shapeshifters are dragged into the reconstructed stories and must see them through while avoiding the terrible endings...   It's impossible to concentrate on classwork when their cabin is under siege!   The sixteenth book in the Island of Fog series combines mythical creatures with fairy tales and fables.