HER NAME is Maya Akemi, a halfbreed who roams the streets of a dark city called Red. Jokes, fights, bruises, smirks, enticing red glares, nowhere to call home. It was all she had been reduced to...until...
HER NAME is Maximilian Ascil, a well-known Wind-Elemental with a fake smile and a rebellious side. Shy glances, shining eyes, fighting, kicking, screaming. That was all she was seen as...until...
HIS NAME is Taube Herz, a fairy with a toothy grin and an alluring laugh. Pranks, laughing, smirking, hiding in plain sight, attention-seeking. That was all he was...until...
HIS NAME is Oliver Green, a bug elemental with a stutter and a heart of gold. Observing, typing, recording, smiling, blushing. That was all he knew...until...
Four friends in the confines of an island of chains are pulled together by fate itself in the unruly events that lead to the inevitable demise of authority itself. Death awaits behind every corner as simple teenagers go from every day life to an infamous group of wanted criminals with abilities they can't control, leading to the demise of family, friends, and sanity itself....
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"I really like this chapter actually. We don't usually get to see things from the villain's eyes. The writing is beautifully done." - Absoladi
"My favorite thing tbh is re-reading the entire book and noticing little things here and there and just watching the characters and story progress." - TwilightF0x
"Everyone seems to favor this chapter even though it's one of your most simplest ones without a single line of dialogue. I applaud you, darling, this takes work" - -Clarcity-
Hated by the people she's sworn to protect, dragon rider Neely Lynch searches for her stolen dragon while struggling to control the dark powers inside her.
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After the Culling of Naughton -- a horrific slaughter that led to the murder of several dragon riders and the destruction of two separate armies -- Neely Lynch is on the warpath. Unbeknownst to most, Neely and her friends survived the Culling and are determined to reunite with their kidnapped dragons at any cost (even if that means leaving a trail of broken and bloody bodies behind them). But finding her dragon soon becomes the least of her problems when Neely discovers her disappearance after the Culling has only added to her reputation as the infamous Vidalin Rider. Hated and scorned by the people she's sworn to protect, Neely must find a way to prove she's not the villain everyone thinks she is before her dark and deadly powers, which are slowly growing beyond her control, transform her into the very thing she's trying not to be.
[The Rider's Legend can be read as Book 3 in The Rider series, or as a standalone -- but note that it will spoil Book 1 and 2]
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