Starside Saga
8 primary works
Book 1
While stealing gold to save her brother...
She lifts a key that opens her destiny.
I'm not the best thief who ever ran the rooftops of Starside. My brother is. Or was.
But he's sick and we need coin. Now it's up to me.
I won't lie and say I don't love hunting down drunken noblemen as they wander home from their late-night revelries.
I do love it. I try not to hurt them. Not too badly, anyway.
And they can spare the coin.
But lately something's changed. The dizziness has started and I'm seeing the glow . . . the magic power called the "mercus." It lets me see metal, even when it's hidden under cloaks or inside pockets.
What a wonderful power for a thief. If only I could control it.
But my awakening to this magic has awakened that other mind. The one that's been touching mine. He speaks directly into my mind. He commands me to come to him.
I won't lie. I'm afraid.
But that's nothing new. In my sixteen years I've gotten good at being afraid. I know how to use that feeling. I know how to turn it against my enemies.
Those who say I'm the prophesied one? They're all fools.
Here's my prophecy for them: hold your coin purse tight. I'm coming for it.
I am Kila Sigh.
And Starside is MY city.
Fans of fantasy will fall in love with Kila Sigh and her world of thieves, magic, and adventure. This novel is the starting point for the epic Starside Saga.
Book 2
As her magic powers grow, Kila draws the attention of powerful allies and even more powerful enemies. In the ancient city of Starside, the mysterious seer known as The Hargothe has felt Kila Sigh awaken to her magical powers. He desires nothing more than to possess both her and her bonded telepathic cat Nax. But other forces have felt her, too. Some hoping to protect her, some wanting to kill her. As Kila and her family of thieves and cats search for the missing Finta Sahng—the only person who makes the medicine Kila’s brother needs—they stumble on an city beneath the city. When Kila faces the loss of everything she cares for, she must dig deep for the power to destroy all who stand against her. Fans of fantasy will fall in love with the magical world of thieves and their telepathic cats.
Book 3
The thief becomes the hero in this sensational third volume of Starside Saga! Kila Sigh has awakened to the mercusine, a magical power she does not understand and cannot control. In the wake of ashing hundreds of thinnies to save Nax, many fear she may be Dem-Kisk--the one prophesied to bring ruin to mankind. While forces of light and dark seek her, Kila races to free a loyal friend from the dungeons deep beneath the Abbey of Til. Starside Saga continues to be a story of magic, stealth, telepathic cats, and the love the binds friends to each other. Eric Kent Edstrom returns to Starside with this tour de force follow up to A Raven's Dream. The epic story continues, deepening the world of Starside and hinting at greater adventures to come.
Book 4
She bargains with dark forces to reclaim what’s rightfully hers—but what price will she pay? Kila Sigh returns in this heart-pounding fourth book of Starside Saga. Having lost her bond with Nax to the eyeless seer known as “the Hargothe,” Kila Sigh seeks out the powerful help of an underworld creature called a demayne. Her goal: recover her bond with Nax and put an end to the hateful Seer Hargothe. But a prophecy of doom swirls about her, and her friends are convinced she is the long-feared Dem-Kisk. Will they stand with her when she comes face-to-face with a legendary beast, fights powerful forces of evil, and finally confront her worst enemy? Or will they run in terror? Fans of epic fantasy have come to adore the rich world and fast-paced storytelling of Edstrom’s Starside Saga. The Raven Throne continues the series’ tradition of magic, prophecy, strange realms, monsters, and—as always—telepathic cats.
Book 5
They believe she's the prophesied one, the destroyer of the world. But she may be all that stands between them and total destruction. In book five of Starside Saga, Kila and Quinn seek solace and rest on Garden Island, where the most powerful merculyns in the world study and scheme. It's a chance for Quinn to prepare for her role as a future Radiant. A chance for Kila to hone her skills. But the forces of corruption have reached the island ahead of them, and Kila finds enemies and allies where she least expects them. Hiding her powers, she and her friends race to escape. But first she must face down a mad-man determined to destroy her. Fans of fantasy adore this series of dire prophecy, magic, adventure, and telepathic cats.
Book 6
Kila Sigh returns in to face her biggest challenge yet in the sixth book of Starside Saga!
Three previously unknown Shadline blades have surfaced, two are held by Kila Sigh, one by Fallo PiTorro. To the order of the Shadline, this signals a long-anticipated "culmination," pointing once again to the inevitable catastrophe known as Dem-Kisk. In the swampy wilderness of the Sagmarsh Wash, Fallo PiTorro learns the ways of the Shadline, and what it means to "Listen and Obey." It will be up to him to lead much more experienced Shadline masters in the order's age-old quest.
And Kila Sigh, now Highest of Kil, has her own problems. She and Henley scheme to hunt down the Hargothe, but when the demayne, Flaumishtak, gives her a lesson in the mercus, all her plans are shattered. Once again she is pursued.,this time by former allies. The chase will lead to a massive confrontation that will change the realm of Starside forever.
Edstrom builds the action and wonder to epic levels in The Shadline Rises and once again gives Starside Saga fans all the magic battles, heartfelt humor, and shocking twists they've come to expect.
Book 7
A dark god about to be born awakens an evil that Night cannot contain.
The shadline council finally meets, and Kila Sigh must go. But a deep corruption taints the minds and hearts of those who are oath-bound to fight for Day.
Betrayal, deceit, and greed spreads from realm to realm. The nosg horde and dragons of Night sweep west to conquer the realms of man. The long-foretold culmination has come.
Kil is about to be born.
And Kila Sigh—the thief girl of Starside—must chose light, darkness, or utter annihilation. With or without the help of the shadline cult.
This stunning, penultimate volume of Starside Saga brings you epic sieges, marvelous magic battles, and the heart-warming affection shared between Kila, her cat, and her friends. If you love epic fantasy, Starside Saga is a world that will light up your imagination.
Book 8
The dark god is reborn. Kila Sigh must protect her.
In this stunning eighth book of Starside Saga, Kila Sigh has returned to Starside with the newborn god Kil in her arms.
But a new threat stirs in Moonside, a corruption in the magical force that permeates the world . . . a power Kila awakened in her uncontrolled rage.
It longs to possess the newborn god. And if it does . . . death will be the best of fates awaiting the world.
Now Kila Sigh must marshal the forces of Day and Night against the Enemy of All Things: Annihilation. But first she must conquer the raging darkness corrupting her own heart.
Eric Kent Edstrom delights epic fantasy fans with wondrous magic, heart-stalling action, and page-turning twists. The saga that began so modestly in Thief of Sparks has exploded into an epic of enormous scale and grandeur
Escape into a new realm and discover why Edstrom is one of the genre's rising stars.