Crown of Thorns
zanthenewt
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  • Reads 19,554
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  • Parts 49
  • Time 10h 2m
zanthenewt
Complete, First published Sep 16, 2017
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Atlantis was the first city to sink. Hundreds of cities followed, and millions of people drowned, swallowed by an unforgiving ocean. It seemed as if half the world was underwater. 

Among the few survivors was Ayesha Akhdir. In a post-apocalyptic world, Ayesha must navigate visions and voices, discovering abilities she can't explain. 
Ayesha soon meets others who have survived, each with their own unique abilities.  
She doesn't know why she's survived or what her purpose is. She doesn't have long to find out. 

"Just as the wave prepared to crash down and engulf the land, swallowing everyone on it, blinding pain erupted in my head, sending me staggering away from the window. 
Before everything fell black I heard a familiar voice roar in my mind. 

'THE BEGINNING IS NIGH!'"
The Beginning of what? 





WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 
"I love the Description and imagery..." 
"...Readers will  definitely want to tag along for the journey."
"Exquisitely painful. Great writing." 
"I am in absolute awe of your imagination! It knows no bounds." 
"I am left feeling quite breathless by the way you paint your scenes. It must be a quite incredible place inside your mind!!"  


*Grammar Queen: the Story Crafters Awards
1st: The Invisible Awards
1st: The Recognition Awards
1st: the World of Champions Awards
1st: the Winter Rose Awards 2018
1st: the Astral Society Awards 2019
1st: the Winter Dusk Awards
1st: the Biannual Beginners Writers Awards
1st: Blue Orchid Awards
2nd: the Geranium Awards
2nd: The Greatest Awards
2nd: the Story Crafters Awards
2nd: the Winter Circle Awards
2nd: Rose Awards*

Cover by the fantastic @niranju98








*This is a  work of fanfiction  based on Kresley Cole's 'The Arcana Chronicles'. It is written so that you don't need to have read the series to understand it so don't be deterred. Actually, those who have not read the series will likely get more out of my story. Some of the lines are the same for reasons that do mesh with the canon text.*
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