In the time Eragon has been absent from Alagaësia, the riders have fallen to vices. Few have been able to raise to fulfill the roles the riders had originally been given, and a dark sect-reminiscent of the Foresworn-has risen to power. The cities and villages under their control live in fear, and those not already sworn to them are too weak to fight. Erys is a young girl living a simple village life. When men attack the village, her father disguises her as a young boy and makes her swear never to reveal her identity. When the marauders discover her, they take her and the other women and children hostage. Erys struggles to survive. Hiding her identity is almost impossible, and once they get her to the slave market, she would be trapped forever, and her true identity discovered. She plans her escape every night but has no idea where to go or who to trust. Her only sure plan of action is to free her mother, who has disappeared along with the other women captured the night of the attack. But first she has to escape her captors. And they have a dark secret and an even darker motive. One that would surely wreak havoc if no one stops them. Disclaimer! I do own Alagäesia. The world and this particular concept of dragon riders belong to Christopher Paoplini. The original characters, however, as well as this plot, belong to me.

Aislinn has lived a peaceful, quiet life with her loving family all her life, and that's all she wants to keep doing. But like all the other thirteen-year-old girls in her country, she stands a good chance of being drafted for the nation's messenger service--the Runners. Mysterious and often feared for the news they bring, when Aislinn is drafted her whole world is shattered. Pulled from her family--possibly forever--she is taken to a training camp where she slowly begins to pick up the skills she'll need to survive this brutal and sometimes deadly career. And as she does, she rises above her peers to become the fastest in her graduating class of Runners, and eventually, the fastest of all time. But it's not enough. Aislinn, from simple beginnings, longs for the simplicity and love her old life had afforded her, instead of the cold cruelty of the Running system. And on a Run to Thalassa, the ocean province, she may discover more than ever she bargained for.

Kailyn Hidalgo was taken from her father at a young age and thrown into a completely different world. Now, other kids are being taken from their homes at a young age. The only difference between these kids and Kailyn, is that Kailyn was given a better life. These other kids are being sold as slaves and wrenched from their loving families. Kailyn, Evan, Drew, and Jill must take out this kidnapper, but at what cost?

❛❛here is the lonely hum in my brain where your name used to be. ❜❜

All Anette wants is to forget. Benedict wants her to be clean. She's not sure the two are synonymous.

Rose was there at the wrong moment, but she was saved. She was rescued by someone she had never met. He became her hero. And Rose, she turned to be his beautiful Rose. "He is kind-hearted, he is caring, he is sweet, he is thoughtful and he is lovable. His parents told me a lot of stories too. Some made me laugh and some made me wish I had known him earlier. The most important thing of all is that he is a hero, my hero, and he always will be." Edited by Bayan @Justreading1234 !

***ON HOLD UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE*** Marked at a young age with a dark, forbidden form of Craft, a young woman named Jaeda Crysblue is a CURSE in eyes of some and a BLESSING in the eyes of others. The mark is known simply as the grim: a force with a mind of its own, one that can consume the host, and one that's sole purpose is to turn everything living into ashes. She escapes her home in search of freedom and closure. On this journey, she will encounter a world full of magic, pirates, friendship, secrets, death, and yes--even doomed romance. This tale will love anyone who takes the time to read it! Join Jaeda Crysblue on her adventure across the sea to either eradicate the monster residing in the depths of her soul, or kill the person who put it there in the first place. Thank you to @gummybearz00 for this wonderful cover!

The story of a girl, a town, and the world as they face imminent death.

Music:ON World:OFF Welcome to Syrus. Please pick up your complimentary pair of headphones at the gates. Plug them into your mandatory devices and skip to track four. Listen and enjoy. Cor's world is filled with notes and pitch and tone. Twenty three hours of the day she is hooked to the music mandated by the Serial Seven, Syrus' elite council. It is essentially every teenager's dream: Hit a button and drown the world out. But what happens when the music stops?