Magical stones, crazed wizards, and powerful thieves were all things that Emma Marsh was not expecting when she took on the title of Grand Apprentice. But, with a mystery to solve and her reputation to save, what is a girl to do? ❦❦❦ Eleven-year-old, Emma Marsh has always had her head in the clouds. Dreaming of things such as riding dragons and casting spells, everyone in the city of Sonder knew that her dreams would never come true. After all, dragons have been extinct for hundreds of years and, not to mention, she's not even a witch! Once it is revealed that Emma is the heir of the notorious wizard, Merlin, she'll finally have the chance to make those silly little dreams a reality. Now, with powers way beyond her control and the whole world keeping their eye on her progress, Emma will have to prove herself worthy of the magic bestowed upon her... 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐲 @𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝: "Harry Potter meets Howl's Moving Castle in this story about a girl and her newly found magic." - Kelsey 🐇 𝑻𝒐𝒑 𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔: #1 in #middlegrade 📚 | 02.28.23 #186 in #fantasyadventure 🗡️| 03.14.23 #41 in #highfantasy 🧙 | 04.11.23 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝑾𝒐𝒏: 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 Best First Chapter Subcategory | Philosopher Awards 2023 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 General/Historic Fiction | Philosopher Awards 2023 𝑭𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 by @newlywrittenbooks 𝐎𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐝 | 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O any thing, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this. -William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet In the 23rd century, after a great nuclear war instigated by Tharizdun, the embodiment of natural order, Man, the defier of natural order and the Melkor of history, tries to recreate a One-State society led by the resurrected Julius Caesar. But all the same ... as the European populance reacts to the Roman destruction of democracy and divided cultures, they become desperate, and try to free themselves of Man's natural faults which the Roman society is based on ... by following the demonic legions of Tharizdun, but perhaps, just perhaps, one's demon is an angel in another man's nation. If only it weren't for politics coming out of the barrel of a gun.

"A dying ember tinders a greater flame." Triton Netherbane returns from death, finding his homeland of Cinedime in turmoil. The Shadowhearts have taken over what is rightfully his, for only the Netherbane clan may rule as kings of Cinedime. Wielding the power of light, Triton must do whatever it takes to purge the darkness that inhabits his home. But what must be done to survive in a world of darkness?