The Echorium Sequence

The Echorium Sequence is a fantasy trilogy by Katherine Roberts. The trilogy comprises Song Quest (1999), Crystal Mask (2001), and Dark Quetzal (2003).

The trilogy follows the tales of The Echorium; the singers located on the Isle of Echoes. In the first book, Song Quest, the major characters were singer Rialle, and Kherron, followed by Renn and Shaiala in Crystal Mask. In Dark Quetzal, the major characters included are Kyarra and Caell. The trilogy follows each generation carrying on from the previous generation in each book starting with Rialle and Kherron. The series features creatures such as nāgas, centaurs and half-creatures. The trilogy is aimed at young teens.

Awards

Song Quest - Winner of the Branford Boase Award for 2000.

Plot summary

Song Quest

In Song Quest, Rialle, a novice Singer, is asked to travel to the mainland in order to stop the hunting of merlee and other Half Creatures, and her friend Frenn leaves orderly training to join her. As she leaves, another novice Kherron runs away from the Isle with the help of the merlee hunters. They discover Frazhin controlling the Karchlord with poisoned merlee eggs, and keeping the other inhabitants under control using khiz ures to stop him.

KILM

KILM, virtual channel 64, is a religious television station licensed to Barstow, California, USA, but with studios in Pasadena, California. The station is owned by Multicultural Television Broadcasting, LLC.. KILM carries programming from the SonLife Broadcasting Network. As of December 2010, KILM is the only television station owned by Multicultural; sister company Multicultural Radio Broadcasting is better known for its radio group.

History

KILM originally began broadcasting in 1987 as KVVT, the only independent commercial television station in the Mojave Desert region to provide local news programs. It became KHIZ in 1992. In the mid-2000s, the station changed its format and service area to be transmitted in both the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area and the San Bernardino-Riverside Metropolitan Area regions. Multicultural purchased Sunbelt Television, Inc. in 2007. KHIZ eventually incorporated multicultural programming into its schedule. Until 1992, KVVT used to add ABC programming as its affiliate. By that year, KABC-TV Channel 7 has replaced channel 64 as the default ABC affiliate in the High Desert.