Kirjahaku

They told her all her life she can't be a rider. Women don't ride. They're not strong enough to handle what the dragons dish out, how cruel the beasts can be. The testing never ends. Too many fear, too many die trying to ride, too many are killed. Dragons are hard, cruel, intelligent creatures, but so is the rider. Bond between dragon and rider has slowly been unraveling. Something has to change or all they've known will crumble. Not only will Nala ride. She will ride the unrideable.

They've grown tired of the filth blasted through the TV so they quit watching, but it proved fatal in terrible ways. A light appears over the neighbor's home. They make jokes about it. A family late at night, not thinking much about what they find, is oblivious to the meaning. Ignorance, choice, memory loss? What we forget can be as damaging as what we choose not to know for our own peace. In a quiet sleepy neighborhood a terrible enemy lurks.

Lori believed what they all did. They were nothing more than a machine. What if they were the next step in evolution? What really is a soul? What if they'd been here all along? "You feel so damn . . . human."

Safyra needed a break. The world was going insane, life grew darker by the day, seemed as if there was no love of anything anymore. She was tired. She was worn down. Everything felt wrong. When she comes across an ad for a trip to Gargoyle Cavern as a way to escape the chaos she is dubious. A cavern? A rock is her saving grace? Unable to escape the whispers, and the nagging sensation to go, she takes a chance. No telling what one may find in a cavern, after all. Only to discover the secrets below Gargoyle Cavern were more than she bargained for. More than the world did. More than she ever dreamed possible.

Anora left The City of Grace and the festivals behind. There is far too much cheer for her to deal with today. Having broken up with her now ex-boyfriend Spenser, the cheer of the crowds makes her sad. Watching Spenser doing his duty as one of the guards who work for the King, she needs a break. What she needs . . . is an adventure. She decides that's the day she walks away from the home she knew, and goes in search of what . . . she doesn't know. There is something out there for her, and she plans to find out what. She's wandering through the forest, talking to the sparrows who are upset by her appearance and catching sight of a raven who seems intent on what she's up to. Lost in the beauty and magic of the unknown forest, she doesn't hear the sound until it's too late. A hood is thrown over her head and she's knocked out. Adventure she wanted, but Anora didn't think that meant this. A Fantasy Adventure story from author, Kimberly Sue Iverson, that opens up a world of magic, Druids, and creatures from the darkness. All centering on what is the first Druid this world has seen in a long time . . . and she's female.

In 2346 the world fell, but she was already on her way out. Prism Sanctity faces the reality that she and her best friends, Tristan and Nathaniel, are going to lose their lives to whatever lay dormant inside the Earth for all these centuries and were activated to take out the planet. Planets had already been on the news, facing extinction, as some sort of microbe floated through space, enveloping them in black rot from the inside out, only to burn and leave nothing behind. Out of thin air appears an oblong shape which she doesn't want to admit bears a freakishly close resemblance to what appears to be a . . . UFO. When the door opens and reveals two individuals telling her to get in so they can leave, the strangeness only begins to grow. They raise the ante with the creature who is too adamant about getting her inside. Then . . . they call her their daughter.

Gia Gordon expects her day to be like any other day. Until she encounters an object on her kitchen counter that changes her entire world . . . and her DNA. When numbers and languages begin to flow through her and around her, giving her a world of knowledge she'd never known existed, her entire world begins to realign itself. A Narrisoari from Nori appears to take her to Darlayna for the main trials. Main trials she only just learned about from the object she found, but only . . . if she can pass what comes next.

In a post apocalyptic world, Rovdyren have been hunted to near extinction. The Alpha has incited fear in all hearts - human and beast alike. His bite can heal, but as of late destruction is all he's been about. They say he's gone to the darkest parts of himself. Savage to the extreme. On the hunt for what doesn't exist - a mate. Losing his mind in the process. Kenley and her older brother, Sawyer, are part of a small pack of eight. They know that in such harsh lands, they already have slim chance at survival. They've managed to keep to themselves, keep out of the way of The Alpha, knowing he will tear through their meager numbers. But their pack hasn't survived all this time for nothing. Scavenging through an old town one day, Kenley's instincts scream danger is coming. But danger has already arrived. The Alpha is on the hunt.

Kat is tired of the lies. She's tired of the Prince of the Awakened trying to subdue her. So many people want to control her, but it's too late for that. Kat knows what they kept from her. What they didn't want to know . . . because they were afraid. Afraid of what she was capable of. If the Prince of the Awakened doesn't step down and get out of her way, there will be a war all right. A war that is about to change the fate of all involved. A war that will bring the real Kat and Julian to the surface. Now that Kat knows that the Prince is hunting for her head, it's time she shows the Awakened what she's capable of. What she's always been capable of. Are the Awakened prepared for what comes next?

Author Note: Dark Illusions: The Beginning - Extended Edition has been retold, remade, and redone. The original tale went through the ringer to bring the characters to life, include lost information unknown until this edition, and enrich the entire series with a new dose of vibrancy. In the darkened city streets of Seattle, Kat finds herself running from an unseen foe. One which sounds like a pack of wolves at her heels. She doesn't for sure what's hunting her. What she knows is that when she arrived at home there were men hiding in the shadows, and they were waiting . . . for her. Heart pounding, breath gasping, primal fear driving her, she also knows that whatever hunts her? Can't catch up. In the beginning the Awakened were created. Since time began, they have existed. Always there, never seen. Shadows among shadows. Vampires with the ability to shift into wolves, retaining many of the wolf attributes. This is a tale of the Awakened and a human who got caught in the middle of a war she knew nothing about. A human who may prove to be the start of a new world.