Firebird

Keera has one goal-avenging her parents-and boundless confidence. After all, she has her magic powers, and they are second to none. When she finds she must fight her battle with only her wits and her grit, how can she possibly prevail? But the girl has friends: an old mage who helps her, a young man with a twinkle in his eye who can't get her out of his mind-and a ghost.The Stormclouds/Harbingers fantasy novels: STORMCLOUDS (prequel series)--Book I, A Gyrfalcon for a King; Book II, The Call of the Shrike; Book III, Stormbird. HARBINGERS--Book I, Blackbird Rising; Book II, Halcyon; Book III, Firebird; Book IV, Ghost Bird. BETWIXT & BETWEEN (companion series)--Book I, The Martlet is a Wanderer; Book II, The Nightingale Holds Up the Sky. AND NOW: Dark Ones Take It, being the origin story of Caedon and his brother Maeldoi, the Dark Rider.