Tales of the Orient
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Tales are truths concealed in the depths of the ocean.
Athena Langthorne sees the future through the Chronos Gate-an invention that allows time travel.
As Captain of the Sylem Defense Ministry, it is her mission to ensure that her family and the Matching World survive into the future.
Safe from the looming war that the thieves of the North, known as the "Samientus," will lead.
The Samientus Verri will claim millions of lives.
And she fears she will fail.
Even worse is the possibility of facing Ethan Abram on the battlefield-her lover who left, whose identity he concealed.
But to her alone, he revealed it-a sign of a love so strong even time has not dared to erase it.
This is the story where the rivalry of the four nations of the Matching World began.
There will be tales.
This story is one of them.
And tales are truths.
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[BOOK 3] TALES OF THE ORIENT
A prequel to the Evintiem Race Series, unfolding the truths of Aqualem-the Orient-where it all began.
Note: This is an English-Tagalog story
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