(2022 version) Phantom was designed to eliminate threats to the Association, a nearly perfect system that would stop at nothing to acquire its perfect army of obedient soldiers. But can it last when a boy who is immune to their control joins the ranks? ***** Awards & Recognition 🥇1st Place - Sci-Fi - Pink Cloud Awards - hosted by @Mariya_Evans 🥈2nd Place - Action/Adventure - 2022 Winter Writers Awards - hosted by @ShortWolf20 🥈2nd Place - Dystopian / Sci-fi - The Lovely Valentine Awards - hosted by @eatingher_words

[Book Four of the "Patrons' World" series. Part one of the Ankūro Trilogy.] Life in Kaima village was always slow and difficult. Rice would be planted, the rains come, then the harvest, then the bandit raids. For Ka house owner Ajo, his daughter Tiima and village Headwoman, Apē, the seasons passed in a never-ending, constant cycle. Nothing changed. Nothing happened. Until the arrival of a strange, old woman threatens to to bring everything crashing down. With lies, secrets and hidden passions revealed in the woman's wake, can the village survive? Or will Ajo, Tiima and Apē regret the day Ankūro came to Kaima? A fantasy story, set in "Patrons' World". Inspired by the samurai movies of Akira Kurosawa and written, in it's entirety, during NaNoWriMo, November 2020. See also the sequels: 'Siinji' and 'Kaguta'. 🥈2nd Place in "One In A Million Awards" - Fantasy Category (23rd Sep 2021)🥈 Cover created in Canva, using an AI generated picture.

Naomi Cliffton believed she would go her whole life hiding her true identity. To the people of Tyrra, she is someone barren of magic and a social pariah. In reality, she is the last dragon shifter: a lone survivor of a race that was killed off for being a threat to Tyrra's hierarchy. In fear of being persecuted like her ancestors, Naomi has never revealed herself, until a chance encounter with one boy changes everything. Malcolm is not the simple guy he claims to be when they first meet, but the prince of Tyrra, escaping from the castle to avoid his royal duties. When street thugs uncover his ruse, they seek to abduct Malcolm and cross Naomi off as collateral damage. Desperate to save them both, Naomi transforms, unleashing her inner dragon. Exposed, Naomi has to accept the pact the king offers: her freedom in exchange for becoming Malcolm's bodyguard. Naomi joins Malcolm at his elitist school where she deals with prejudice from her classmates and growing animosity towards Malcolm's pretentious ways. But when someone tries to murder Malcolm, Naomi must put their differences aside to uncover the conspiracy against the royal family. As more threats stack up, one thing is clear: with a determined assassin after the prince's life, it's up to Naomi whether or not the killer succeeds.