Sally Swain

Twisting and Turning Sally Swain

The silence of the night is broken with an explosion of light. A young man riding an ebony Unicorn is being pursued by a grotesque giant Leguaan. And so the journey begins. Drayjon and Nexus, the Ebony Unicorn strive to get the Ancient Scrolls to the Halls of the Magi before Zeeka, the giant winged Leguaan can obtain them. In so doing they experience many unexpected happenings and face many dangers. After meeting Leadoria, Shape-shifter they visit Under-Willow where Drayjon learns of his destiny and they encounter the Earwhizzle; The Forlorn Forest with its odorous Stink Wattle trees, The Dream State with Zeeka still on their heels. Finally they flee to the Mountains of a Thousand Worlds where they discover different worlds within the huge caverns. The Ice Kingdom and the Castle of Reflection with all its creepy night creatures and nightmares; The Cave wherein lives the Cavern Serpent and the Djinn of the deepest way and longest years. They encounter Persephine, Goddess of the Other World - in the Cavern of Past and Future. Then, in that same cavern they meet with the future finally escaping and finding their way to the Cavern of the Inner Mountain where they meet Joshua, healer, who helps mend Nexus?s battered wings. An unexpected tragedy as they lose a very dear little friend and battle to move on knowing that their mission has to be completed - that of getting the Ancient Scrolls to safety until man-kind is ready for the secrets they contain. Finally, Drayjon faces his destiny in his visit to the Peaks in the valley of the Lost Ones where he meets ancient Beings who instruct him in readiness to face Zeeka in a final battle. During all this Zeeka is raising an evil army of Tokolosh and insidious beings intent on destroying Drayjon and Nexus. Her powers increase as the final battle draws near.