An 11-year old boy must enter a Chinese mythological world to save his brother and himself. 'Lightning Thief ' heads to China.

' "When you touch a Lipizzaner, you're touching history," Westerman was once told. His elegant book offers fascinating proof' Financial Times Frank Westerman explores the history of Lipizzaners, an extraordinary troop of pedigree horses bred as personal mounts for the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Following the bloodlines of the stud book, he reconstructs the story of four generations of imperial steed as they survive the fall of the Habsburg Empire, two world wars and the insane breeding experiments conducted under Hitler, Stalin and Ceausescu. But what begins as a fairytale becomes a chronicle of the quest for racial purity. Carrying the reader across Europe, from imperial stables and stud farms to the controversial gene labs of today, Westerman asks, if animal breeders are so good at genetic engineering, why do attempts to perfect the human strain always end in tragedy?

Have you heard of the Beasts? No? Well, I'm not surprised. Not many people have. That's because the Beasts are very rare. This is the tale of one Beast, the rarest of the rare, a Beast who decides he is lonely and sets out to find the other Beasts. Will his daring and dangerous journey lead him to some friends?

A young man rejects his wealthy background to lead a life of poverty and good works, always befriending animals.

Standing next to it, a middle-aged man with big ears and a dignified face said in a heavy voice, "Whatever, this kind of treasure can only fall among our five temples, and we won't kill each other anyway. The greater Tianwei means that the heavier the treasure, the better!" What are you worried about? "It turns out that these five people are from the legendary five temples. No wonder their tone is so puffed up and arrogant

1 Gem, 1 World, 3 races struggling to survive. It's a race against time as the elves try to find the magical gem stolen from their lands one hundred and fifty years ago. Will they find it in time? Will the three races perish or will they finally work together to ensure their futures in Avenberth?