Chess Desalls

Biography

Chess Desalls is an author of award-winning YA fiction.

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Novels by Chess Desalls

Travel Glasses (The Call to Search Everywhen, #1)

Insight Kindling (The Call to Search Everywhen, #2)

Time for the Lost (The Call to Search Everywhen, #3)

Darker Stars (The Song of Everywhen, #1)

Novellas by Chess Desalls

Glistens (Glistens, #1)

Wrapped in the Past

Lantern (Lantern, #1)

Beacon (Lantern, #2)

Torch (Lantern, #3)

Series

Lantern
Torch
Price: $2.99 USD.
Lantern
Price: $0.99 USD.
Beacon
Price: $2.99 USD.
Glistens
Glistens
Price: $2.99 USD.
Glistens Part Two
Price: $2.99 USD.

Books

Darker Stars
Series: The Song of Everywhen, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 66,770. Language: English. Originally Published: January 2, 2018 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Family
A friend steals a gift for an enemy who wants to steal a legacy. Silvie's instrument of time turns up missing, and she senses a mysterious darkness in her brother. The Remnant Transporter talent flows through her blood, giving her the ability to transport silhouettes from different times and places to help heal lost loved ones. But travel talents have evolved and are more difficult to control...
Beacon
Series: Lantern, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 21,180. Language: English. Originally Published: January 9, 2017 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
Some doors won't open without a knock. When Serah’s life in Havenbrim becomes unbearable, she accepts an apprenticeship with a celestial mechanic and glazier. Her master assigns her the task of opening a globe framed in copper. But the glass and seal are unbreakable. The solution to the puzzle traps Serah inside the globe, and transports her to a world where she longs for home.
Time for the Lost
Series: The Call to Search Everywhen, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 68,010. Language: English. Originally Published: February 9, 2016 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
I wasn't the same person I was before my travels started. And I'd never be the same again. Calla's disappearance leads her family and friends to suspect that she’s lost. In a desperate attempt to find her, Valcas seeks help from a man he betrayed. A new search begins, one that sounds promising, even if it forces Valcas to confront his past. The travel team reunites for a mission they never saw...
Teardrop Moons
Series: The Song of Everywhen, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 55,790. Language: English. Originally Published: April 13, 2021 by Chess Desalls. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Family
A new thief is born. Time travel objects are missing, and Chascadians are being blamed. Silvie's legacy and family reputation are at stake. Will she be able to find and stop who's responsible? And will it be enough to convince the worlds?
Wrapped in the Past
Price: Free! Words: 19,690. Language: English. Originally Published: February 7, 2016 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
Without a gift, memories will fade in time. Shirlyn travels back in time to ancient Persia where she meets the three magi who follow the Star of Bethlehem. After a mishap threatens to send her ride home without her, the youngest mage exhibits a hidden talent that leaves an impression on his elders and on Shirlyn's heart. But his silhouette will forget they ever met, unless she leaves a reminder...
The Song of Everywhen
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 174,140. Language: English. Originally Published: August 30, 2022 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Family
Travel talents have evolved, including pseudo talents with unprecedented dangers. Silvie Hall is a Healer and Remnant Transporter who inherits a musical instrument that allows her to travel through space and time. She spends her days healing travelers who have become lost through overuse of their travel talents. In the midst of betrayal, she learns what can happen when travel talents aren't...
Torch
Series: Lantern. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 23,650. Language: English. Originally Published: September 1, 2017 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Paranormal
Who will light the way to pull the other through? Evelyn moves to Pennsylvania where she attends her first lakeside Halloween party. But she misses her brothers and is disturbed by a lantern on the pier that’s burned out. Graham’s dreams come true in Havenbrim where he is Machin’s newest apprentice. Until he finds himself repeatedly disappointing his master. Is the solution to their happiness...
Lantern
Series: Lantern, Book 1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 20,700. Language: English. Originally Published: January 26, 2016 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fairy Tales, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Paranormal
People don’t live inside lanterns; they don’t light them up. Five days before Halloween, all sixteen-year-old Tori has on her mind is vacationing with her family and scoring lots of candy. Her grandmother’s estate, with its Gothic spires and trails that lead out to the woods, holds an unexpected secret: a lantern that lights up for Tori and nobody else. Certain it’s a ghost or a prank, she...
The Call to Search Everywhen Box Set
Price: $8.99 USD. Words: 195,630. Language: English. Originally Published: February 2, 2016 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » Clean & Wholesome
Travel talents, unlikely romance, and a chase through time! This award-winning series includes the following three full-length novels. In TRAVEL GLASSES, Calla Winston falls into a world of worlds after meeting Valcas, a time traveler who traverses time and space with a pair of altered sunglasses. He offers his further protection in exchange for a promise. After learning that his search for her...
Insight Kindling
Series: The Call to Search Everywhen, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 63,140. Language: English. Originally Published: January 13, 2015 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Nonfiction » Children's Books » Fiction
I'd always heard knowledge was power. But the more I learned, the more powerless I felt. Calla faces charges against her for changing the past. Her use of the Travel Glasses resulted in the creation of two writings that affected the lives of Edgar, the inventor of the Travel Glasses, and Valcas, their prior owner. Now Calla must explain her actions before the Time and Space Travel Agency. The...
Morning and the Moon
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 1,690. Language: English. Originally Published: February 4, 2020 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books, Fiction » Children’s books » Animals » General
Morning is tired of having two jobs. Her animal friends get away with doing less, so why shouldn't she? Learn why everyone must play their part and do the best they can.
Lantern: The Complete Collection
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 65,780. Language: English. Originally Published: September 26, 2017 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Paranormal
The story of every lantern is unique, just like yours and mine. "a shared tale emerges of how lives may develop and love may burgeon" - Kirkus Reviews Tori discovers a lantern that shines for her and nobody else. Is it a ghost or a living being that must be set free? Serah unseals a globe made of Celestial Glass. Does success bring her happiness or create more trouble than it's worth? Evelyn...
Frabbles
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 1,490. Language: English. Originally Published: August 17, 2017 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books » Legends, Myths, Fables / General
Frabbles are fables written in the style of 100-word drabbles. Each piece is exactly 100 words long.
Flash Tales
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 12,330. Language: English. Originally Published: April 11, 2017 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Children’s books, Fiction » Children’s books » Fairy tales & fables
A collection of flash fiction and short stories by the award-winning author of The Call to Search Everywhen time travel books. Discover the magic of music, sail with a feisty pirate, and view the stars and moon in a whole new light. Stories range from middle grade adventures to tales that can be enjoyed by teen readers.
Shadow Clocks
Series: The Song of Everywhen, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 41,190. Language: English. Originally Published: May 31, 2022 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure
Old devices become new once more. Silvie vows to retrieve the remaining stolen travel objects and return them to their owners. Much of what she's looking for has become part of a grand dark device. Even if she were to find it and convince its builder to help her, disassembly and return of the missing objects will be a more difficult puzzle than she imagined. Especially with the Clock Tower...
Flash
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,900. Language: English. Originally Published: April 25, 2017 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary
A collection of flash fiction and literary shorts by the award-winning author of The Call to Search Everywhen time travel books. Enjoy bite-sized tales ranging from the whimsical to the peculiar. Featured Work Needles What a Waist Just Desserts Eternity Bound Counting Sheep Yellow Snow Cones Miasma 1.0 Block: A Mixed Allegory
Glistens
Series: Glistens, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 19,180. Language: English. Originally Published: July 11, 2016 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fairy Tales
A guardian can't shine without the song of her ward. Marian Spritz won't gain guardian fairy status if she fails her summer school project. But when she hears a call for help--a song felt only by Glistens--she must choose between not letting her schoolwork and teammates suffer and protecting a ward who faces grave danger.
Mer and Her
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 41,700. Language: English. Originally Published: March 11, 2022 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Paranormal
Hazel receives a gift from her grandmother's jewelry collection. She appreciates its beauty but not its power, until she meets a sea creature whose kingdom is in danger of being wiped out. Kai rules a colony of Perlnauts, ancient lake dwellers who are in desperate need of the pearl jewelry used to sustain their underwater realm. He suspects the humans have stolen the jewelry, and he wants it...
Glistens Part Two
Series: Glistens, Book 2. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 25,430. Language: English. Originally Published: February 6, 2018 by Czidor Lore, LLC. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Paranormal
A guardian can’t hunt without chasing rabbits. Marian’s first assignment as a commissioned Glisten is bigger than she ever dreamed. Demon shadows known as rabbits have been attacking the weakest Glistens and causing them to disappear. Marian wants answers. But her only lead is through a network of underground tunnels, not navigable by the Glistens’ human forms. Will she succeed at finding the...