(A Lunar Chronicles Fanfiction) • What if Queen Channary HADN'T died from regolith poisoning? What if Princess Selene HADN'T been caught in the fire and sent to Earth? What if Queen Levana HADN'T become queen? Princess Selene might have been a different person, if she hadn't grown up on Luna, with Channary as a mother. She might have ended up as, say, a mechanic living in the Eastern Commonwealth. But she hadn't. She was princess, and soon she would be queen. And as it was, she'd grown up twisted and broken. Will she soon end up with Earth in her grasp as a more evil queen than Levana ever was? Or will someone stop her before it's too late, for both her and Earth? • word count as of chapter 64: 70,178

In this prequel to Scarlet, we’re introduced to the army Queen Levana is building, and one soldier in particular who will do anything to keep from becoming the monster they want him to be.

Carswell's Guide to Being Lucky is a short story written by Marissa Meyer or marissameyer22. If you sign up for her newsletter , she will send you a free copy, and I have helpfully separated the text into chapters, instead of a page that has a chapter right after one that just ended. I claim no rights to this story. Marissa Meyer wrote this book. I'm just trying to distribute the story so that more people can and will enjoy it.