Silent Lair

Silent Stalker-People never understood the problems Edgar Allen Poe was going through. His stories and poems may have been odd and on the dark side a little bit but that's what made him such a good author. It's also why I like him so much. As for me my poems are pretty deep and usually from experience, which is what makes them good. It makes the reader feel everything as they read it whether it be fear or joy. That's how a writer gets their money.

Broken Borders-Life for Antonio Gonzales and his family is hard. Fourteen year old Antonio Gonzales has been taking care of his family since he was twelve years old ever since his father died when he was nine.  Desperate to feed his mother and five younger siblings Antonio decides to immigrate illegaly to the USA in order to make money for his family.  Along the way Antonio encounters a young girl named Jessie who he takes to the USA with him. Together they begin a journey that will change their lives and the lives of Antonio's family forever.

Crystal's Jihad-Crystal is a 13 year old girl who signs up as an exchange student as part of her world religions study on Islam.  She goes to live with a Muslim family for two months.  During her experince she learns more about the Muslim faith, and experiences prejudice first hand when she goes to the mall with her Muslim host family. Will Crystal finally see that Islam is a peaceful religion, or will she continue to base Islam on the media?

Sands of Time-Sands of Time is a collection of short stories and poems.  In Sands of Time Ayisha bears her soul through the characters of her stories and poems.  They express loss, fear, abuse, murder, homelessness and many other things dear to her heart.

Apollo's Jihad-Two years after September 11th, Apollo is a 14 year old boy goes to live as an exchange student with a Muslim family for one year.  He begins to learn about Islam and his host family's way of life.  Whlie his parents are conivnced the exhcange program is a bad idea, Apollo has embraced the idea of learning about a religion that so many people are afraid of.  Slowly he begins to find compassion for 1.7 billion people and appreciate his host family as well as their religion.  When an attack occurs on a member of his host family, Apollo must defend the Muslim family he is living with and he begins to question his commitment to his religion and his biased parents.  Will he embrace Islam or will he stay loyal to his family?

Jungles of Hell-Jimmy, a Spanish American in 1960 Chicago goes over to Vietnam.  During the war, he endures bloodshed, and is captured by the enemy. While he is with the enemy he is tourtured and starved to death for five years for refusing to give information about his platoon's whereabouts.  One night when the enemy is out working on a new tatic to win the war, Jimmy and three other prisoners of war escape and begin a terrible journey for freedom and safety that will possibly end with their lives.

Desert Tales-Children stories from the Middle East.

Dragon Lake-A group of knights are sworn by a secret concil to protect the small remaining clan of dragons left on evil from an evil king who wants to slay them all and use their blood and scales to make a potion to rule the kingdom.  The king is really an evil wizard who slayed the former king to get the throne. 

Wings of Flight-Jackie is a young orphan who enlists in the Pony Express.  He endures a long hard journey over mountains and through rivers.  Jackie suffers an accident that breaks his horse's leg.  When his horse dies he has to continue his journey on foot with one mailbag.  Jackie must face snowstorms, falling rocks, wolves, bears, and starvation in order to get to the end of his route. Will he survive or will he fail?

Jihad-Dawud is a young Ethopian who is a refugee in Iraq, escaping the mass genocide of his people at the hands of his government.  One day as he is walking to school he sees a few people capture and shoot some American soliders.   Afraid for his life he waits for the people to disappear and then runs toward the soldiers in an attempt to help them.  Just at that moment a American platoon drives by and sees Dawud with the dead soldiers and brutally haults him off to their commanding officer.  He is taken back to America and tried for killing twelve soldiers and is sentenced to twenty years in Gutanamo Bay.  Without a lawyer to defend himself and not understanding anything about America he is sent on a plane to begin his sentence. He is tortured and deprived of sleep in order to confess to a crime he didn't commit, simply because he is a Muslim and was found in the wrong place at the wrong time.  As the years pass Dawud starts to lose hope that he will ever be found innocent of the vicious crime that he witnessed at 14.  Will he ever get out and will the American soldiers ever know that he was innocent all along?

A Child's Eyes-A Japenese family who resides in San Deigo, California is thrown in a relocation camp during World War two because the American Government thinks that the Japenese Americans on the West Coast are spies for the Japenese Empire.  This book follows the eyes of a young girl named Sierra who tells the story in a relocation camp in the MidWestern United States.

Severed Chains-Amber is a young girl from Columbia who is sold by her poor parents who favor sons over daughters to a brothel owner. She is forced to be a prostitute and edures beatings every day.  One day a twenty eight year old man from America comes to Columbia for reasons of his own, and after spending a night in the brothel and seeing what the girls are forced to do to survive, he talks with his wife back in America and they begin the long and difficult process of trying to save Amber and bring her to America as their own child.

Colors of Life-Ayisha's third poetry book.  Sink beneath these pages and take a journey through these words on life.

At Death's Door-Based on a true story, it is the tale of a group of friends who go out on a cruise in a small boat, when suddenly their boat capsizes and they are all thrown into the ocean miles from land.  Darry, a man in his thirties makes the decision to go swim for help, and begins a devastating journey through shark infestated waters in search of rescuers to save him and his friends. Will he survive or will he perish, and thus doom his three remaining friends?

Journey to Antartica-This fun book talks about Antartica when it was attached to the super continent Pangea, and describes the animals who live there now from Polar Bears to Seals to Penguins.  Get ready to endure tempatures that are -112 to -129 degrees F.  As the reader explores Journey to Antartica they will see that Antartica is beneficial to humans, and the creatures that live there.

The Coming Dawn-It has been 300 years since the last ice age occurred.  New animals have evolved more stranger and deadlier then before.  The remaining humans have scattered to all corners of the globe.  Faced with no modern technology the remaining humans have to start all over again and find new ways to survive.  The humans are having more children to bring up the small population.  Family members from grandparents to small children are living together trying to make it in the new world.  Fayla is the 12 year old boy who tells the story.  With the tempertature slowly dropping will the last remaining humans find a way to cope in their new world or will the human race eventually go extinct?

Perilous Journey-Set in 1250 Midevial London, Jewel is selected by the knife Aberforth to become a page at seven years old. Destined to eventually become a knight himself, Jewel endures grueling training in the arts of swordsmanship, horse riding, dancing, and many other attributes necessary to become a knight.  Faced by hardships that will test his bravery and put his life in utter danger, Perlious Journey  describes Jewel's journey from page to knight.  Will the tests and trials of Jewel's quest to become a knight be more then he can handle?

Valley of Mists-Valley of Mists is a book of author Ayisha Blevins' travels around the world from the Middle East to Asia.  Tour the pyramids of Giza, all the way to the Tower of London in England.  Smell the salt water and feel the breeze that flows down from the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine.

Shrouded in Mystery: An American Muslim's Teaching Career-True account of author Ayisha Blevins' career as a Muslim American teacher.  Describes her experiences of wearing niqab in a public American school while student teaching and the troubles she faces being an American Muslim Woman teacher.