Welcome to my blog Kat Heckenbach. Kat is a fantasy writer for young adults and the Toch Island Chronicle books set out below sound wonderful. Thanks for visiting Kat.
In the
enchanted forest in our back yard.
It was
easy to get from my room to the forest. There was a secret passageway in my
closet. All I had to do was step inside, close the door, and climb down through
the trapdoor in the floor.
I would
traverse the long, dark, underground passageway after grabbing the chamber
stick from my mom's vanity table. The candlelight would flicker off the white
walls and dance on the brown linoleum under my feet. (Yes, castles can have
linoleum floors in their secret passageways.)
The
passageway opened into a large antechamber, often guarded by a troll who
watched a magic box that showed teams of strange men in helmets and uniforms
running back and forth across a field. I would sneak past unnoticed to the door
that led out to the enchanted forest, and slip silently through.
(Actually, it was pretty easy to sneak by the troll--he was usually asleep.)
Once
outside, I tread carefully. All sorts of dangerous things in an enchanted
forest. Best to stick tight to the trees and move quickly across open spaces.
Most
often I ended up at my favorite tree in the back of the forest. It grew oddly,
at about a thirty-degree angle, with the top cut off and a single branch
sticking straight up. Because of the angle, I could walk up the trunk.
There was
definitely magic surrounding it because the height always changed when I
climbed it. Even though the highest point was only about five feet
off the ground when I stood beside it, after several steps I would find myself
at a vantage that allowed me to see our entire kingdom.
And
when I needed a horse, a simple blanket thrown across the trunk would transform
it. I would straddle the blanket and a mighty steed appeared beneath me, ready
to gallop out of the forest and across the vast field that stretched for miles
beyond.
At
night, stars filled the sky, and the moon filtered through the treetops while
my enchanted forest burst with fairy lights (you may call them fireflies, but
that is likely because they never showed their true form to you).
At the
end of the day, I settled into bed to read. I would gaze jealously at the
author's name on the cover. If only I were more imaginative I
could have seen myself writing a book, with a whole made-up world
inside. I really don't know how I became a writer...
Finding Angel:
Angel
doesn't remember her magical heritage...but it remembers her.
Magic and
science collide when she embarks on a journey to her true home, and to herself.
Angel
lives with a loving foster family, but dreams of a land that exists only in the
pages of a fantasy novel. Until she meets Gregor, whose magic Talent saves her
life and revives lost memories.
She
follows Gregor to her homeland...a world unlike any she has imagined, where she
travels a path of self-discovery that leads directly to her role in an ancient
Prophecy...and to the madman who set her fate in motion.
Seeking Unseen:
It may be
Angel's wish...
It's been
two years since Angel learned the magic chip of wood inside her locket would
grant any wish. What is taking her so long to choose? An alarming discovery
about her beloved foster brother Zack makes the decision easy...but everything
else gets complicated after she runs into her old friend Melinda, who demands
to go along for the return to Toch Island.
...but
it's Melinda's journey.
Melinda
doesn't fit in with the magical freaks any more than she did with the losers
back in Florida, but she never wanted to belong before. A secret world
surrounds her where even the bugs have magic... She's more of an outsider than
ever. So when ex-con Doran Ashe slinks out of the shadows and offers her an
easy road to powers of her own, Melinda follows him despite-or maybe because
of-everyone's warnings.
Legacy Rewound:
Melinda
knew Kalek’s music created powerful visions, but it wasn’t supposed to actually
send her into the past!
It
definitely wasn’t supposed to bring someone back to the present with her.
Especially not someone tied so tightly to Melinda’s own past, someone to prove,
once again, that her family ancestry was made up of psychopaths who should
never have existed.
Now it’s
her chance to change her lineage--and history--forever.
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Azaria, a unicorn colt, is intrigued when the young, clairvoyant dinosaur, Darius, foresees a terrifying change to their world. When a giant fireball smashes into the earth, the unicorns struggle to survive the hurricanes and starvation that follow. But nothing compares to the danger when the creatures-that-walk-on-two-legs settle in the valley, and their leader discovers the healing power in the unicorns’ horns. Greedy and ruthless, Ishmael will stop at nothing in his pursuit of wealth – even the complete extinction of the herd. Azaria must find a way to outsmart Ishmael before it’s too late.
It’s tough for Kira, growing up in the small town of Hope as a child prodigy in classical violin, especially when her dad just died. And to make matters worse, Kate McDonough, the red-haired fiddler appears out of nowhere and bewitches the town with her mysterious Celtic music. Even Uncle Jack succumbs to her charms, forgetting his promise to look after Kira’s family. But when someone begins vandalizing the town leaving dead and gutted birds as a calling card, Kira knows without a doubt who’s behind it.
Anyway, here are the links to my novels on Amazon:
Angel
doesn't remember her magical heritage...but it remembers her.
It may be
Angel's wish... 
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