In a world ruled by creatures of the dark, Elena is chosen by their king for a task no woman could take.

CRYSTALLUM LOST DREAMS is the English translation of the original fantasy novel Crystallum Sogni Perduti, published in Italian in 2018 and with over 1 MILLION reads on Wattpad and 1th in the italian fantasy charts for months during its publication. --- According to Mrs. Flint, they were supposed to find a summer job. And officially, that was indeed their intention. As if Aran and Cora could even imagine stealing a necklace, involving poor Fez, and crossing the continent. All of this just to attend the biggest event of the last few years. But they had decided to get their heads straight, they had made it clear, and only the skeptics could think otherwise. The skeptics...and Elidana, because she always has something to say. Get ready to embark on a fantastic journey, among warriors, fortified cities, and stones overflowing with light. Welcome to the Crystallum's World.

WATTYS SHORT LIST! When sixteen-year-old Sasha Nikolayeva opens her eyes on a horrifying tableau of dead and dying bodies, she can only hope to wake up. But the nightmare, if that's what it is, doesn't end. Instead, Sasha finds herself rendered mute and enslaved by a society which doesn't recognize her as a human being. To the citizens of Kingsgarden, "thralls" like Sasha are automatons brought into being by mages, incapable of speech or independent thought. Hidden behind a carefully crafted mask of soulless neutrality, Sasha silently endures starvation, degradation, and physical abuse at the hands of her captors as she watches and waits for an opportunity to escape into the glittering, majestic capital city of Kingsgarden. Despite visions of her old life which strongly suggest that she is suffering from some sickness of the mind--a neurological disorder, or perhaps simple insanity--Sasha is determined to take matters into her own hands and find her way home, whether she is imprisoned truly in a foreign land or only in her own mind. But as time goes by, Sasha finds herself drawn to the beauty and vitality of the City...and to the handsome Beastspeaker who only wants to give her his heart. Sasha knows she has no choice but to leave it all behind in order to go home, but she can't help but begin to wonder if "home" is where she thought it was and if the line between reality and madness is as fixed as it seems. This is a very early version of my novel "A Garden of Light and Shadows" which is currently under agent consideration. Cross your fingers for me!