{"id":42089,"date":"2025-10-15T09:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=42089"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:19:01","slug":"the-plant-of-death-the-tixie-chronicles-book-5-by-jack-borden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=42089","title":{"rendered":"The Plant of Death (The Tixie Chronicles Book 5) by Jack Borden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A richly imagined fantasy pulsing with heart, danger, and fate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When an ancient evil takes root in Anwin, two young heroes must face destiny, deceit, and the shadows within in Borden\u2019s fifth volume of The Tixie Chronicles. From the blood of the lizard king Balor, a seed is born\u2014one that grows into a monstrous plant capable of consuming all life. As darkness spreads through Anwin, Avelyn and Killian Lorcan must face prophecy, betrayal, and an evil that doesn\u2019t sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing for younger readers without ever simplifying his themes, Borden allows the story\u2019s moral weight to emerge organically. His prose is elegant and deliberate, balancing menace with tenderness. Beneath all the action, however, lies a deep emotional core\u2014of loyalty, fear, and quiet redemption. Branwen\u2019s prophetic struggle gives the book its bittersweet tone, while the Lorcans carry the strength that the light demands. The real danger, however, grows not from the cursed plant but from the hearts of those who are meant to defend it. Young readers drawn to tales of epic quests, courageous heroes, and the eternal battle between light and shadow will find plenty to love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date November 1, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASIN Creekland Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reading age 10-18 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $3.99 (USD) Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A richly imagined fantasy pulsing with heart, danger, and fate. When an ancient evil takes root in Anwin, two young heroes must face destiny, deceit, and the shadows within in Borden\u2019s fifth volume of The Tixie Chronicles. From the blood of the lizard king Balor, a seed is born\u2014one that grows into a monstrous plant capable of consuming all life. As darkness spreads through Anwin, Avelyn and Killian Lorcan must face prophecy, betrayal, and an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":36223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,1136176,723771245,16201337,723771167,723771168,1473,1008073,856121,309,723771246,723771248,723771247,349,669166],"class_list":["post-42089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-jack-borden","tag-middle-grade-fantasy","tag-read","tag-reader","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-the-plant-of-death","tag-the-plant-of-death-the-tixie-chronicles-book-5","tag-the-tixie-chronicles","tag-writing","tag-ya-fantasy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/coming-soon.png?fit=218%2C323&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-aWR","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42089"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42091,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42089\/revisions\/42091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}