Mythology, school fantasy and escalating supernatural conflict drive Henry H. Neff's books for younger readers. The Hound of Rowan begins The Tapestry with Max McDaniels discovering that Rowan Academy trains children whose abilities connect them to an older struggle involving magic, demons and Celtic myth. Later volumes expand beyond the school setting into war, prophecy and a much larger cosmology. Neff's Impyrium trilogy moves to a different future-fantasy world shaped by class, empire and magical power, but keeps the same interest in young protagonists confronting inherited systems. His prose is fast, detailed and suited to confident middle-grade and teen readers. The Hound of Rowan is the natural starting point for The Tapestry and its gradually widening mythology. Read more Less