ALL IS SILENCE finished #37 of 151 for Wattpad's Story of the Year! Also a WATTYS 2015 - Dream Collections Winner! Thanks to everyone who added me to their collections! You made my year! The sequel, STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS, is available in print and e-book on all major ebook sites. If you are interested in hearing about special deals on this or any other works, please sign up for my monthly newsletter at www.desertedlands.com. #1 in Science Fiction - 57 days so far! Thank you, readers! PG-15: [Yes, you read that right. I would recommend teens not read it until they are 16!] Profanity, violence and sexual situations. Warning: There is talk of cutting and suicide. If any of these are triggers for you, please consider that when reading. Take care. Rob What if death forgot you? In a future that could be ours, Lizzie, a suicidal teen-age girl, barely navigates her own life. Then everything falls apart. In an apocalyptic land nearly deserted by disease, she lacks reasons to live until a shocking turn of events reveals a phone number. Her call pulls her dangerously cross-country to meet a stranger she thought was dead. In a world where there is plenty of food, plenty of gas, plenty of space... fear, anger and a lust for power still control the patterns of human life. This coming of age, edgy young adult novel is the debut of a former alternative high school teacher. If you like this, try Toils and Snares, a Deserted Lands novella, sampled on Wattpad.

If you're judging this book by its cover and title, you're already proving the point this story wants to make. Try to move past this satirical obstacle in front of you. This is a story about bullying, and like the hundreds of other books on the topic, it will show you the harsh reality of being discriminated, belittled, ridiculed for something you cannot control- how you look, who you love, or what you believe in. But unlike these books, this story's sole purpose is not to tear your heart out of your chest as you mourn over your loss of faith in humanity. Instead, this book will make you laugh and love alongside these characters. Just like in life, there will be moments of dread and surrender, but there will also be moments of happiness, laughter, and love. - Naomi Lorraine, better known as Nerdy Naomi with her thick-rimmed glasses and straight-A report card, is the most unpopular girl in her school. Even with the help of her sarcastic comebacks, that doesn't stop her from getting bullied by everyone in Dartwell High. Every day her childhood bully, Raymond Meyers, knocks her off her feet, literally. However, she can't do anything but survive the laughs, insults, and bruises high school gives her. There are three senior transfer students, dubbed the Three Musketeers: Bennett Frazier, Jordan Wallace, and Declan Lynch. All in one day, Naomi catches their attention one by one. With her snarky attitude, but innocent look, they can't help but want her. But not the way you're thinking. Oh no, not like that. Instead, it's probably the whole opposite. It's quite simple really. She'll be their good girl. And they'll be her bad boys. ~ [This story is a first draft written by a 13 to 15-year-old girl so it has its fair share of grammar mistakes and plot holes.] Wattys 2015 Talk of the Town Award Second Place Story of 2015 Best Humor and Overall Points of The Fiction Awards 2016 Third in the Writers Awards 2016 Highest Ranks: #1 Humor, #1 Teen Fiction

A kingdom raised from blood and betrayal... Torn between two worlds, young Princess Celeste lives out a double life: one nestled within the gilded breast of a kingdom built upon lies and shaky treaties, and the other amongst a guild of assassins that threaten the fragile peace that Devon has established. Desperate to save her kingdom from civil war and the warring fiefdoms encompassing them, Celeste turns to the rebels - the very same that bathe in the scarlet of her Highborne blood - to train in the ways of the blade with her enigmatic mentor Rowan, a man with a heart of ice and will of steel. Her goal: potentially spur a revolution of like-minded women to pave the way to a future worth living for. As Celeste uncovers the truths and dark pasts of her ancestry carved into the haunted halls of her mansion, she in turn discovers her forbidden feelings than go against every instinct she had about his kind and the oath that keeps her bound to another. Celeste must choose a side: to loose either her heart or her crown forever.

"Give me ten days, and I can give you ten reasons not to die." Evan paused. "And if I can't change your mind by then, you can go jump off that cliff."

I don't really remember what happened after that. I can no longer make out if it happened or not. Whether it was reality or just another sinister dream. It must of happened but for some reason I can't place it. I only have Andrea’s word for the events. * * * * * November Arkwright isn't your normal 17 year old. Unpredictable, reckless and undoubtably messed up, November believes that she is stuck in a 'loop'. The same things happen day after day and she wants to break it. But what lengths will she go to do so? After 'what happened' November needs to rebuild her life. But will it be too much to handle or will she finally realise the point to it all. She must tackle the past to move to the future and learn to trust the ones she loves the most.

The world has four Kingdoms: Fire, Water, Earth and Wind. From each, one must rise to bring about restoration, and bring an end to the internal destruction that befalls each Kingdom. Ember Rouge is the granddaughter of the head of the Fire Kingdom and wants nothing more than to see the Kingdom pull itself together. When tragedy befalls the clan, life turns for the worst. Its members now hushed in fear and distracted with mistrust. Soon the issues come to a head, pinpointing the start of destruction. How will they ever find the restoration they were aiming for amongst all of this?