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Jyoti Yelagalawadi

Jyoti Yelagalawadi

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Divided against Yourselves (Spell Weaver)

Divided against Yourselves (Spell Weaver)

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<h2>Taliesin Weaver thought that he had saved himself and his friends when he defeated the witch Ceridwen. He was wrong.</h2><h3><i>He always thought of evil as embodied in external threats that he could overcome in combat. Soon he will discover that the worst evil has been inside of him all along....</i></h3><p>Tal’s girlfriend is in a coma for which he holds himself responsible. A close friend, suffering from a past-life memory trauma similar to Tal's, is getting worse, not better. Morgan Le Fay is still lurking around and has an agenda Tal can’t figure out. Supernatural interruptions in his life are becoming more frequent, not less so, despite his expectations. In fact, Tal learns that something about his unique nature amplifies otherworldly forces in ways he never imagined were possible, ways that place at risk everyone close to him.</p><p>Tal and his allies must face everything from dead armies to dragons. As soon as they overcome one menace, another one is waiting for them. More people are depending on Tal than ever; he carries burdens few adults could face, let alone a sixteen-year-old like himself. Yet somehow Tal at first manages to handle everything the universe throws at him.</p><p>What Tal can’t handle is the discovery that a best friend, almost a brother, betrayed him, damaging Tal’s life beyond repair. For the first time, Tal feels a darkness within him, a darkness which he can only barely control...assuming he wants to. He’s no longer sure. Maybe there is something to be said for revenge, and even more to be said for taking what he wants. After all, he has the power...</p><p> </p><h2><u>Can Tal stop himself before he destroys everyone he has sworn he will protect? Scroll up to buy a copy and find out!</u></h2>

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I decided to quit my job as a technical writer when I found out that I was pregnant with our second child. I wanted to be a stay at home mom for at least the first three years of his life. I was happy for the first few weeks volunteering in my daughter's school. But leaving my well-paid job in the hi-tech field helped me connect with my creative side too and helped me strengthen the foundation of what is today a popular children's magazine – The Balagokulam Magazine. This was also a voluntary position and I enjoyed it. While researching folk tales, ballads, and legends from India I decided to write a picture book that my unborn child would enjoy as he grew up. I took down all the books from my daughter’s bookshelf to find out what I liked about some books and what made me not care as much for others. I noticed that I loved books that made me smile. I noticed that I reread books that made me ask questions. I noticed that I retold stories from books that made me believe in its message. That is when I decided that I would write a book that would make children smile as soon as they saw it. I wanted them to ask questions about what they read and believe in the message that the book was giving them. As I was researching my first book, “Laugh with dinosaurs” a parent volunteer in my daughter’s school told me about the book that he was working on. He wanted to publish a collection of poems that were written with an understanding of what happens on the playground. It was with the decision to help him publish that Lekha was born. Soon I published both his book, Poems from the Playground and my first book, Laugh with Dinosaurs. To my satisfaction, I have seen many children, and adults, smile as they pick up these books and flip through the pages. I have answered many questions about dinosaurs and have seen many children learn to believe in the wonder of animals and evolution.

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