The Shade Riders and the Dreadful Ghosts

<p>In a future world where superstition and magic are displacing science odd-looking eleven-year-old Nova grows tired of being harassed by ghosts and decides to fight back. So with the help of Benny a science geek in a wheelchair Takeesha a budding shaman and Max Kim a magician she tries to discover how to stop the ghosts. But strange things start happening almost immediately. Nova sees visions of a white-haired man fight for his life. Her new born filly Shade seems to be developing wings. The ghosts' appearances turn violent and a ghost who looks like her is always a victim. Then an attractive young sorceress Leandra Contrast appears suddenly in a grocery store and offers to help. Leandra explains that Nova's father Ralf was a Neanderthal from a nearby dimension-that's why Nova is magical. Also though Nova thought her father is dead he is alive and has been taken captive by Ahlon an evil Neanderthal sorcerer who is behind the ghosts. Together Nova and her friends (and Shade) help Leandra break through to the other dimension rescue Ralf and put Ahlon in his place.<br>Full of surreal and often whimsical adventures The Shade Riders and the Dreadful Ghosts will appeal to readers of: Time Warp Trio and The Magic of Finkleton.</p>