Kalei hates touching. Especially if it is a hug. After all, her mother was killed by one. Kalei was born and raised in Celan, the first city to have an Estranged problem. It was seventeen years ago when they appeared, and the citizens learned the hard truth: that it only takes a bit of skin-on-skin contact to turn their loved ones into corpses, or Estranged. No one really knows why some people turn and some people die, they just know that anyone touched is gone. And Kalei wants them to stay gone. But, being a police officer in the city, she witnesses every day the damage done by Estranged. Black nails mark these harbingers of death. Seeking the high they get from every piece of skin they touch, the Estranged crush the lives of Celan's citizens with alarming ease. They killed her mother for a high, and now Kalei wants to wipe them out of existence before they can seek another. But she can't. Only the Wardens are equipped to do so, and she will do anything to be inducted into their ranks. But will they accept her now that she has turned Estranged? ___ Side notes: While the characters and the story are under a normal copyright, feel free to use the world of Estranged in your own stories. If I come across anything I deem cannon, I will list them here and/or on my website: www.alexfedyr.com (You can also email me if you want to see the world map or learn more about the world behind Estranged.) If you want your own copy of Estranged, you can find it on Amazon and other major retailers. Book two is in the works, but it may not be published. Check out my Patreon for full details and sneak-peek access to the story: patreon.com/alexfedyr

Siena can heal wounds with a touch of her hands. A captive since birth, she is used as a tool of war by a Plainsmen tribe. A chance escape into the forest proves successful... and deadly. Rescued by the Forestfolk--a group of people she always thought were nothing more than bedtime stories--Siena remains on edge. Trust does not come easily when persecution is all she's ever known. Keeping her abilities a secret seems like the right thing to do, until a tragic accident renders two Forestfolk spiraling toward death. If she chooses to reveal her abilities, she risks being subjugated again. Treated as no longer human. Maybe even sent back to the Plainsmen. But keeping her talent to herself means ignoring the injured around her, even allowing them to die. The choice seems obvious to Siena, but living with the repercussions of that choice is another matter altogether. A journey of self-discovery, a bit of adventure, and a splash of romance. On the Wattys 2017 Shortlist!

#176 in Fantasy & 40k reads in the first week! Now with a brand new video trailer! ** "Cities will burn and nations will fall, darkness will reign and the light will turn to the fire. A love that is fated by the gods will force a choice. That choice will save the light or burn the world." Thomas is Fire-born, he has spent his whole life training to be a scholar - a title that will remove him from battle as a centuries old war rages on. In a terrible fight for survival, Thomas's true powers are finally revealed and a fifteen-hundred year old prophecy is fulfilled. The final battle begins, and Thomas may just prove to be the strongest Fire-Born that's ever lived. But time is up and the sanctuaries are falling. On the other side of the city, a young woman wakes from a nightmare. Her house burning and her family murdered, and a quest for answers will lead her to a truth she couldn't have imagined and a love that may lead to the end of humanity. But while the magi fight to bring the devastating war to an end, an even more sinister force lurks in the shadows. An evil that has slept for a millennia has finally awoken, and the darkness would see Thomas and his world burn. ---------------------------------- The Darkest Light is the first book of my new fantasy series, The Inferno Prophecy. Chapters are released in bulk on Tuesdays & Fridays.