In This Series The Trouble With An Elf Never Trust a One-Eyed Wizard Dragon Trader Shadow Kiss

Fairie Ring Series

Author, Tom Townsend combines the sword and sorcery genre with the problems and frustrations of contemporary teenage life in a fast-moving format poking fun at a multitude of political and social issues.

Screenwriter as well as novelist, he has more than 28 books to his credit. He has awards from the Friends of American Writers and the Houston International Film Festival; inclusion on the Bluebonnet Master List and his screen treatment of "Nadia of the Nightwitches" (also published by Royal Fireworks) was placed second in Houston's screenwriters competition.

He is a noted Texan historian, speaker and military historian.

Tom Townsend's personal web site.

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The Trouble With An Elf

Novel

The first book in the Fairie Ring series.

The Dark Lords, a mysterious council of evil beings, are trying to take control of the world of Fairie and the world of humans. Both worlds need each other to survive, but they cannot understand each other. Beautiful, teenage Fairie Princess Elazandra takes on the awesome responsibility of protecting both worlds, and slips into the human realm disguised as an exchange student living in the Jenkins’ home. The disguise is easily done: blue contact lenses to cover her golden eyes, and long, pale blond hair to cover her pointed, elfin ears. (Elazandra’s appearance was basically human, because her birth father was human.) Soon, she is forced to share her secret with Ryan, excellent junior high school student who excels in fencing. And as the two become caught up in the battle of sword and sorcery, their hearts are forever bound in first and undying love.

Supporting characters introduced in the first book are Ashlyn, Ryan’s older, not too bright sister, Elazandra’s roommate in the Jenkin’s home; Michael, Ryan’s best friend, companion nerd, and computer genius; and Fax, a small, overweight dragon who both helps and hinders the main characters. In addition to treasure, he also hordes Rolex

watches. And there are the orcs, evil creations of the Dark Lords who form the basic foot soldiers of the villains’ armies who are secretly gathering in a deserted toxic waste site.

Never Trust a One-Eyed Wizard

Novel

The second book in the Fairie Ring Series.

In Fairie, the one-eyed wizard Grandolin, has led an uprising against Elazandra, now queen. Her kingdom has no chance of survival without the intervention of Ryan, Ashlyn, and Michael from the human world. Two new main characters are introduced: Ringyar, general of the elfin army and longtime friend of Elazandra, who has secretly been in love with her since they were kids, and Deleigha, beautiful Royal Wizard, who is handicapped and walks with crutches. Her magic is very close to science.

The setting of Fairie is magnificent, and its social inhabitants: dwarves and elves, are wonderful characters with unique personalities. Wildlife includes unicorns, gargoyles and dragons.

Dragon Trader

Novel

The third book in the Fairie Ring Series.

Grandolin has escaped to the world of humans. Christmas is approaching and Ryan is thinking of a gift for Elazandra. In an out of the way shop, the owner, Oz, is dealing in stolen goods from Fairie. Back in Fairie, the dragons are in an uproar; their privacy agreement has been breached and their eggs are being stolen. Elazandra investigates and is captured by the returned Grandolin. Oz is delaing with Grandolin in hope of finding the dying place of the unicorns, believeing their horns ground into powder will be a miraculous medicine ffor mankind and a fortune for him.

Ryan and Ashlyn return to Fairie to rescue Elazandra, and the dragons, led by Fax, join in Grandolin's defeat.

Shadow Kiss

Novel

The fourth book in the Fairie Ring Series.

Dark Lords send the beautiful, evil teenager Shadow to sow confusion among their enemies. Before she is finished, Elazandra is ready to marry a suitor she did not love, Ryan is miserable, Deleigha is captured, and a Renaissance Faire is turned into an unearthly happening--complete with elves, orcs, dragons and dwarves.