The Spectra Books are a fantasy series by author Christie Valentine Powell, first published in 2015.
Works in the Spectra Books universe:
- The Keita's Wings series
- Dream Rovers triology
The Spectra Universe contains examples of:
- Action Girl: Each series has at least one, usually the main character.
- Ascended Extra: Tons of these.
- The Love Interest of the Keita's Wings series Brian Pensier is only mentioned briefly in Unearthed.
- Walker Filmasa in Dream Rovers is mentioned in The Spectra Uprooted. Dream Rovers in general are mentioned in The Spectra Unearthed.
- Big Bad: The Stygians are Spectra (humans with elemental abilities) who have gone through dark rites to gain the powers of all six clans.
- Black-and-White Morality: A literal example. The Big Bad Stygians have dark-themed names, while the spectrum that combines to defeat them use white magic.
- Blow You Away: Wind shaping is a subset of the Coles' heat abilities, which only a few characters can do.
- Color-Coded Elements: Each of the six types of magic have an associated color:
- Coming of Age Story: Most books are Young Adult and feature a young person discovering their place in the world.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character:
- The villain of the Dream Rovers trilogy is the ancestor of the Keita's Wings Love Interest.
- The characters of Keita's Wings are all Spectra who must hide their abilities from humans. The Spectra Crown Tales open from the point of view of a human.
- Dishing Out Dirt: The Nomes use earth shaping abilities.
- Elemental Powers: The six Spectra kingdoms each have an elemental ability: heat (including wind), earth, lightning/innovation, life, water, and communication.
- Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: the six clans represent the six colors. The three "secondary" clans: Nome (orange), Sprite (green), and Muse (purple) have a natural disadvantage against their complimentary primary color: Mer (blue), Cole (red), and Lectran (yellow), respectively.
- Functional Magic: Each clan can manipulate a different element, based on the six rainbow colors.
- Green Thumb: Sprites have nature abilities, which can include manipulating plants.
- Hero of Another Story: Sienna in The Keita's Wings series often has adventures off screen.
- Hit So Hard, the Calendar Felt It: The coming of humans to the Spectra world. Previously, the freedom of humans from griffins.
- Legendary in the Sequel: The characters of Keita's Wings and Dream Rovers both see a relief carving of Mira from Mira's Griffin.
- Making a Splash: The Mers use water abilities.
- Our Griffins Are Different: Griffins are large animals with limited magic in all six types. They are four-limbed, and have a changing relationship with humans throughout different series.
- Psychic Link: All Spectra characters have a psychic link with their siblings, but it's limited by distance of about a mile. In addition, the Muse clan can create one with anyone they are emotionally close to, regardless of distance.
- Playing with Fire: Coles can control heat, which often results in fire.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: The exiled royals in Keita's Wings must fight to regain their kingdoms, and references are made to their parents ruling. The duties of royalty are discussed in The Spectra Undaunted.
- Shock and Awe: Lectrans use electrical abilities.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: Some Sprites (nature magic) and Muses (communication magic) can communicate with animals, though not in word-for-word human speak.
- The Empath: Muses, the communicator clan, have heart-like abilities that can include emotion reading and manipulation.
- Voluntary Shapeshifting: Sprites know at least one animal form.
- War Is Hell: Battles are always chaotic and frightening, even for powerful people.
