Arriana isn't a typical teenager. She's captain of her swim team, has a crush on her best guy friend, and develops magical powers on her sixteenth birthday. Oh, and there are assassin's trying to kill her. Much to get horror it's revealed that she's not only magical but not from this world. She is the queen of Coresova, a faraway kingdom ravaged by a tyrant who killed her real parents. Her own uncle. Now Arriana has to give up her life that she wanted so badly to save a world she doesn't remember.

From the author of fantasy novel Arianna's Tale come ten new short stories set in the magickal world of Vorima. These stories, featuring the main characters introduced in Arianna's Tale, give the reader further insight into the characters and aid in the understanding of the greater plot of the entire Imperial Series. Some of the stories included in this anthology take place before the events portrayed in Arianna's Tale. These include Arrival, Deception, Exiled, and Awakening. The first two deal with Damuk and his family. The second two are concerned with Arianna and her family and friends. The other six stories all happen within the novel but are not describes. All ten short stories are alluded to during the course of the novel. If you enjoyed any of the novels in The Imperial Series, are looking for a quick introduction to the world of Vorima, or simply want a fun and interesting read, this anthology is for you.

When Alexandria Grace Groaban was a child, she learned she was very different from other children and adults she encountered. She saw and heard things that no child should ever bear witness to. She knew details of things and people long since passed, and she could hear voices and repeat them in whatever language she heard during the scenes which played out before her young and impressionable eyes. Through an encounter with someone she thought to be her guardian angel, Alexandria was given a reprieve so that she might know some normalcy in her childhood. But at the age of twenty-one, Alexandria returned home to her family’s small estate outside Oxford, England for Christmas, and learned the hard way that her grace period was about to come to an abrupt and vicious end. Now, whether for better or worse, she will find herself on the edge of a great precipice. One that will call her into action and into a world that she could never have fathomed existed. For Alexandria to know who and what she truly is, she will have to rise to the challenge of a battle that has been waged for millennia by beings first spoken of in Genesis, and embrace that which has lay dormant within her since she was a child.

Deep inside each and every one of us, lays a power that we never fully realize. It contains the courage, hope, and passion of a warrior longing to fulfill the needs of a sacred few. Only when that need is exceptionally great, and the situation truly desperate, is one called to be the savior of a world. Alex is young boy not unlike you or I. That is until a magical spell whisks him away to the land of Furcadia. Here, he meets some unlikely friends as he finds himself called to stop an all-powerful, evil force set on driving this new world into chaos. Through Alex s journey, he must solve one mystery after another as he learns about the people and the world around him. One obstacle after another presents itself as he seeks to stop an incredible force. In doing so, he finds that there are many mysteries that lie within him as well.

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From the author of fantasy novel "Arianna's Tale" come ten new short stories set in the magickal world of Vorima. These stories, featuring the main characters introduced in "Arianna's Tale," give the reader further insight into the characters and aid in the understanding of the greater plot of the entire Imperial Series.Some of the stories included in this anthology take place before the events portrayed in "Arianna's Tale." These include "Arrival," "Deception," "Exiled," and "Awakening." The first two deal with Damuk and his family. The second two are concerned with Arianna and her family and friends.The other six stories all happen within the novel but are not describes. All ten short stories are alluded to during the course of the novel. If you enjoyed any of the novels in The Imperial Series, are looking for a quick introduction to the world of Vorima, or simply want a fun and interesting read, this anthology is for you.