Codi James is a chronic underachiever. A straight C student, her life is going nowhere. Causing havoc at yet another school it looks like she's heading for another expulsion, until one teacher decides to call in a favour from an old friend. Codi is sent to the one place where her aggression might do her some good. Joining the underdeveloped Brax-Delta training academy, Codi is set on the long, bruising path to compete as a champion in the Gauntlet Tournament. Thrown together with a team of other misfits and under the tutorage of a frustrated veteran, she has one chance left to prove that she's more than just a struggling orphan. Never underestimate a desperate person. WINNER OF 2014 WATTPAD PRIZE FOR BEST EPIC

COMPLETE #1 in Fantasy #1 in Adventure #1 in Historical Fiction ---------- Sometimes, believing helps us to see truth. Other times, we need a little evidence to believe. But there is truth behind everything; every false manoeuvre, ever little lie...a small piece of truth is hidden. Just like truth is wound into legends too. Growing up best friend to the future King, Arabelle never really thought her life could go wrong. Whenever she wanted something, or needed something, she would get it. Then she lost her father at a young age and Arabelle was forced into a world of dresses, balls, and lies. Being a tomboy, Arabelle would have rather been out on her horse doing archery practice with her brothers. When Arabelle gets curious and sneaks into a forbidden area of the castle, she discovers a deadly secret: her bloodline is sacred, dating back to a legend surrounded by the one thing she knows not to be true. Unsure what to do, she gets caught up in a series of events that lead to her being hidden and whisked away from the only familiar place she knew. After making some unlikely allies, Arabelle sets off on a journey to find the legend of the last dragon egg. Fate has something big in store for her; will she be able to withstand the pressure of it all?There is one thing Arabelle needs to learn to survive this new place... Some things are more than a legend. ---------- © Isabella Espe 2013 - 2019 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. This work is unedited. Your patience and leniency towards any grammatical or spelling errors is requested while you read this story. This story was written in 2013, and the author knows there are a lot of errors in this work. Thank you for understanding. ---------- Credit to @Abyss-of-Crazy for the cover!

The greatest tragedy the world has ever known turned out to be the ultimate catalyst for change. In the wake of World War III, which decimated most of the world's population, the remaining survivors vowed to not continue to repeat the same mistakes of the past. Fortunately, they had something previous generations did not have - advanced technology. The year is 2117 and this once shattered civilization has become prosperous again. Innovative forms of technology have enabled them to abandon the old model and re-engineer a better way of living for all. Brain implants and genetic modifications have made an entire population educated, healthy, and kind. Despite the benefits of this technology, it has created some unforeseen side effects that threaten humankind's existence. When technology proves to be inept at solving the world's problem, a new hope emerges in the unlikeliest form - a young orphan girl. *** Cyberpunk, dystopian, technology, future, futurism, scifi, heroine, prodigy...

The fragile words glided from his mouth like it was a natural thing to say, his sentence crumbling into the atmosphere. "Your condition is incurable." This is where it all started, she was told she was going to die and she kept it from us. She lied and now i have to lie. If i tell anybody what i know, they will come and take me and my little sister, Belle, away. I can see in Belle's blue eyes that she doesn't know what is going on, she is still sheltered from all that darkness and i have to keep it that way. I need to protect her and be the mother she deserves, but never got. I remember when dad used to read me fairytales before i went to bed, mum couldn't because she was too ill. Sometimes dad would change the names of the characters in the books and slot mine and Belle's names into the gaps. It would always end in a happy ending, the fairytale ending we never got. Often I would lie awake and think about what I could do if I wasn’t me. If I was a normal little girl. All I wanted was the chance to be somebody special then my life would be worth living. I would give my life to be normal. I knew that some girls my age would dream about getting a pony, or a games consol, but all I ever wanted was my mum and dad back. Not the drunk dad, the real dad. On birthdays you are meant to gain presents but on mine I lost the only thing valuable to me: Mum. Never underestimate the power of death because you never know when it is time for someone you love to be whisked away from the winding path of life.

Cara’s mother has disappeared. Her father isn’t talking about it. Her big brother Max is hiding behind his iPod, and her genius little brother Jackson is busy studying the creatures he collects from the beach. But when a watery specter begins to haunt the family’s Cape Cod home, Cara and her brothers realize that their scientist mother may not be who they thought she was—and that the world has much stranger, much older inhabitants than they had imagined. With help from Cara’s best friend Hayley, the three embark on a quest that will lead them from the Cape’s hidden, ancient places to a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea. They’re soon on the front lines of an ancient battle between good and evil, with the terrifying “pouring man” close on their heels. One chapter will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until all 10 chapters are up. These will be followed by the second book in the series, The Shimmers in the Night. A Junior Library Guild Pick; Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011; Selected for the ABC Best Books for Children Catalog; Locus Notable Books.

Harriet's life was like a dream come true, she lived on a beautiful farm in the middle of a wide stretch of countryside with her loving parents to look up to. She was very bright at school and had no dilemmas. Soon her whole world was turned upside down as Harriet discovers her parents have been involved in a fatal collision. Harriet is forced to stay with her Aunt Agnes, after all she is the only family she has left! Harriet had never met her aunt Agnes because she had always lived so far away however from her mum's opinions she seemed a lovely woman. Agnes runs an orphanage but is it all its made out to be? Harriet decides to put on a brave face nevertheless her life becomes tougher than ever as she finds out about the curse placed upon her family and what her Aunt Agnes is capable of...

(A Hunger Games Fan Fic about life in district 4 for Finnick Odairs sister Shell!) Shell's a 13 year old girl whose brother won The Hunger Games 5 years ago. On a trip to the Capitol Shell meets a district 11 boy who she develops strong feelings for. But there's always Reef back home the boy who knows all her secrets, the boy she has a lot of secrets about!

"I'm stuck on this stage, trying to hold back the tears. Everyone forcefully cheering, even though we're just another part of their games. They'll never see us again. I'm dead to them now." What would of happened if Katniss hadn't have took Primrose Everdeen's place in the annual Hunger Games? And instead of Peeta, another poor 13 year old boy was chosen? In this tale of survival, fear and love, we find out about what it really would of been like if Prim was the girl tribute for District 12.

Aimee Donald is a bad girl. She doesn't listen to her teachers or anyone in that matter. All she wants is for people to be scared of her, but what happens when only one person doesn't run cowardly to his mom whenever she's around. Keegan Rawson isn't really a bad boy. Though he may be big, strong and tough and doesn't take crap for no one, he wouldn't hurt Aimee. Though she does piss him off pretty much. Things start happening and now the once strong Aimee is now suddenly weak. She finds things out that she didn't even know existed and her world turns completely upside down. Follow her through her journeys and events and watch as things unfold..