The Heartlight Saga

The Adventures of Kate #1-3

by T.A. Barron

Join Kate on an epic adventure...

Starring a heroic young woman named Kate Gordon, and featuring T. A. Barron’s trademark mastery of language and setting, The Heartlight Saga collects three of Barron’s beloved novels into a single volume. The stories follow Kate as she travels to a distant galaxy to save the life of her astronomer grandfather in Heartlight, goes back in time to a lost Native American tribe in The Ancient One, and ultimately down to the very bottom of the sea in The Merlin Effect. Weaving together mystery, mysticism, and magic, and exploring themes of mortality, interconnectedness, and the fragility of the environment, The Heartlight Saga is a testament to the power that each of us has within us to make a difference in our world.

"Bold, original . . . this book shines!"—Publishers Weekly

Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction

864 pages, Paperback

First published February 6, 2014

About the author

T. A. Barron is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 highly acclaimed books, including the Merlin Saga, being developed into a feature film.

Awarded the de Grummond Medallion for “lifetime contribution to the field of children’s and young adult literature,” he also serves on a variety of environmental and educational NGO boards. In 2001, he founded the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, a national award for outstanding young people.

A lifelong adventurer and conservationist, T. A. Barron draws inspiration from the natural world, especially the mountains of Colorado, where he lives.

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Reviews

[Bailey · Rating 2 out of 5]

the best way I can describe this book is the feeling you get when you wake up from a dream and you think 'that was a pretty good dream, but it made no sense'. It wasn't necessarily BAD, just a bit too strange for my taste.

[Valerie Chapman · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book contains 3 in it. The first was poorly written with contradictions for the characters and the worst sci-fi I've ever read. The next two books are fantasy and change the genre. The next two are much better but it is supposed to be a saga and none of the books connect. I will say, the second was the best out of the three for me. I think it had the most fun plot but sadly dropped the ball at the end and the ending felt like it was slapped together just to finish it with plot threads that were just dropped. The third was probably the best written and was a good way to send off the character of Kate.

[Bethany (CozyLittleBookNook) · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF page 106. So I have come to realization that me and T. A. Barron are never going to get along, he alway talks about God in a way that I find is very disrespectful. He simultaneously talks about millions of years and God in this book, you can’t believe in both. This is the second time he has done something related to God that is completely wrong, so I’m done with him, I gave him a second chance and there will not be a third.

[Lynnette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read for a younger crowd of fantasy fans. (Really any age!) But as I read, I kept thinking, this is a good "introductory fantasy book." Kate goes on adventures, learns some incredible life lessons, deals with loss, and becomes stronger through her experiences.

[Jenn Plachy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Everything about this book was terrible. Each story started out strong but then fizzled out.

[Wesley Hough]

Read the books separately years ago and liked them enough to buy my own copy of the anthology. The plot lines are strange, but Barron is a master of description and imagery.

[Lydia Monet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book! Pretty simple to read.

[Odetoemma · Rating 1 out of 5]

Painfully stilted. The writing style lacked artistry to the point that I couldn't get into the story.