The Kingdom of Hilia is nothing without the four elements. Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. The four elements created a world what we call Hilia. Four different Kingdoms side by side, in peace and harmony. Well, until the darkness came... The darkness took everything. Destroyed all four kingdoms, villages, homes, and families. People that were once friends, were now enemies. The elements were no match to the darkness.
The people of Hilia needed a hero.
And they got one. With a price.
A hero made out of pure light. Destroying everything that the darkness created, one by one. Sealing it away forever. That's how it is supposed to end right? Well yeah, but people forgot the one little thing. The price. For sealing the darkness away and keeping it that way, the elements had to give up their full power, giving it to seven children across Hilia. Even with that price, it was still not enough to keep the darkness back. One of the chosen children betrayed their own, allowing the darkness to come back into the world. And this time, there wasn't a hero. The elements and the chosen children were on their own. Luckily they manage to push the darkness back, to the outskirts of Hilia As the years go by, the darkness gets stronger and stronger. And one day....
Blah, blah, blah.
The legend's of Hilia, where everyone made mistakes. The past is the past, what is done is done. Let's move on to the present day, where my story begins. Years have passed by, rules have been created to protect Hilia and now there are trials for the chosen children. And I happened to be right in the middle of it. My name is Allison Testborn, and I am one of the chosen children.
Five Star Reviews for Atlantis Academy:
"Omg this book was amazing I couldn't put it down or stop reading. I carried it with me open on my phone while I did everything just to keep reading. I need more of all of this. Epic story, epic content, epic visuals, just epic. LOVE THIS!"
"Once I got into this story, I did not stop reading it. This is a beautiful story about a very awkward girl who is riven with so much pain and angst and yet... this makes her who she is and shapes her into the person she will become. The world she finds herself awakened to is magical and yet filled with the all-too-familiar cliques and tribes of the very human people who inhabit it. One word to describe the story: beautiful!"
"The story pulls you headlong to the end and leaves you wanting to shout "No! Not yet!" ...If there were 6 stars, I would have given it that."
***
Humanity is one secret society away from extinction.
The children of Atlantis use magic to keep us safe.
If they make it through the Academy.
Hi, I'm Lyric. And I'm kind of a mess.
ADHD, that's me.
I'm a high school drop-out, late everywhere I go, and one screw-up away from being homeless.
I'm a loner, and I like it that way. Who needs friends when you have a Redwood forest nearby? Trees never bully me like the kids did at school. Or get drunk and throw things at my head.
After my mom died, I figured life couldn't get much worse.
I thought it might even get better.
Ha.
The universe has a great sense of humor.
I should've listened to the rumors about evil spirits. About the angry, ancient magical creatures haunting our small Oregon Coast town. But did I?
No.
That was my first mistake.
And it might be my last.
'Cause now I'm in a battle for my life.
A whole new world has opened up... a magical world I don't understand.
And the blood in my veins says I belong here.
But I have to prove myself to save myself.
And when have I ever done that?