Sinq Sayyora (lit: five planets) is an integrated solar system found 350,000 light-years from the centre of the Universe. Its combined might and influence, however, place it firmly at the centre of the Universe's political landscape and economy.
The planets that make up this system - Tamion, Dajs, Kivaria, Achlatan and Raioch - were former enemies, locked in endless war. But another rogue world, drunk with immense power, threatened to erase these five (and about half the Universe) permanently. It took several great heroes from each Sayyoran world to unite in battle, and with last-minute support from the rest of Sayyora, they were able to defeat this new enemy PERMANENTLY.
In the aftermath of this nigh-cataclysmic event the five planets now operate as a single entity, despite irreparable damage to some of these worlds. Raioch, for instance, maintains a permanent link to the Land of the Dead, and is thus instantly fatal to all but those born on its harsh surface.
Some say this alliance is a facade and more akin to a tenuous stalemate...and some further still point to signs of the alliance breaking down...
The head of Gunne Industries (the leading ballistic weapon development firm in the Universe), and patriarch of House Gunne ERIK GUNNE, along with numerous other notable Sayyorans perished recently in a structural failure that claimed 113 lives (and injured hundreds more), sending shockwaves throughout the Universe.
Meanwhile Dajs' ruthless territorial expansion continues at an alarming rate, threatening to tip the balance of power in the favour of a planet with no discernible form of magic.
Finally, while Tamion reels from the calamity that took place on its soil, an ancient religious order that seems to prey on the fears and paranoia of Tamion's citizens grows in power. Will the richest planet in the Universe manage to hold on to the hearts, minds and coffers of its peoples, or will it lose all that and MORE to what is, for all intents and purposes, a cult?
[COMPLETE] [[**Sequel, The Hybrid Harold, is up!**]]
The first generation past the war has settled and the result is something no one from the past would recognize. In the United Human Alliance, the human run country that takes up much of the land mass that used to be the United States, magical children are taken from their parents and sent to boarding school at a young age. What provides humanity with safety from 'volatile' magical beings separates parents from their children and young adults from their culture.
Alenia Paetzold is the prime example of what the UHA has created. A domestic dragon. That's why they never expect her to find her wings and burn the cage she is held in to the ground. Getting there, however, takes a prophecy, a lot of lies, and overwhelming love.
"For The War Is Lost if They Can Not Win
Their Child's Life Lost for Their Sin"
***OMG IT GOT TO NUMBER 1 IN MATRIARCHY!***
***AND #4 IN FANTASY-ROMANCE!***
Trigger Warnings: Death. If you find something I have overlooked (which may happen, I've read this book a million times) please let me know and I will update!
July 2020: I've entered this story to the 2020 Watty Awards! Please please vote! Thank you!