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The Unaltered Series Box Set
**The Unaltered series is currently being optioned for film. Hurry and grab the series before it hits the screen.** Four ebooks in one download. The Unaltered Series, an Amazon Best Selling Young Adult fantasy series, features three #1 Best Seller A Diamond in My Pocket, A Diamond in My Heart, and The Diamond of Freedom, and #3 Best The Diamond Bearers' Destiny. Apple's iBookstore named A Diamond in My Pocket as a Breakout Book in 2013. A modern-day take on superpowers and altered DNA, and of course, diamonds.
Sixteen-year-old Calli Courtnae is shocked when she breaks the 100-meter world record at her track meet and is whisked off to Montana to train for Olympic tryouts. In this strange setting she finds something totally her fellow athletes are mysterious, paranoid, and endowed with the same gift of super-speed. The truth, Calli learns, is she has been brought to Montana to join an elite group of superhuman Runners who train for secret missions so complex they're boggling. Just as she tries to figure it all out, she discovers the next assignment includes delivering a valuable diamond sought after by evil forces . . . and she's the one to carry the diamond. When Calli touches the diamond, her body is infused with multiple supernatural powers--for this is no ordinary diamond. Even with her new powers, she knows she isn't any match for those who vow to obtain the diamond at any cost.
Sixteen-year-old Calli Courtnae is shocked when she breaks the 100-meter world record at her track meet and is whisked off to Montana to train for Olympic tryouts. In this strange setting she finds something totally her fellow athletes are mysterious, paranoid, and endowed with the same gift of super-speed. The truth, Calli learns, is she has been brought to Montana to join an elite group of superhuman Runners who train for secret missions so complex they're boggling. Just as she tries to figure it all out, she discovers the next assignment includes delivering a valuable diamond sought after by evil forces . . . and she's the one to carry the diamond. When Calli touches the diamond, her body is infused with multiple supernatural powers--for this is no ordinary diamond. Even with her new powers, she knows she isn't any match for those who vow to obtain the diamond at any cost.
837 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 19, 2014
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About the author
Lorena Angell
14 books115 followersI grew up reading Beverly Cleary and Madeleine L'Engle, loving their skillful way of weaving a story together. My children hooked me on the Harry Potter series, which inspired me to attempt to write my own books.
My book ideas come largely from dreams. My Lost Crown series (formally known as Scars of Defiance) began as a recurring dream in the early 1990s. In 2005, inspired by J.K. Rowling's author story, I began handwriting my dreams. I found I could type out my stories quicker and with better form. Unfortunately, it became painfully clear I should have paid better attention in English class.
Scars of Defiance and The Dictator’s Daughter have been rewritten and retitled. The series is called Lost Crown, with books one and two titled Royal Refugee and Royal Resistance. Book three will be titled Royal Redemption.
The Unaltered
Book one, A Diamond In My Pocket, began as a dream, also. However, it was a rare event for me because 1) the dream was fantasy, and I never dream in fantasy settings, and 2) the dream had a beginning, middle, and end. I remember waking up and thinking, Wow! I’ve got to write that down! I spent the better part of four days typing 50,000 words. Not much of the original storyline changed throughout the editing process. Some parts didn’t fit into the story, such as other powers and abilities, but those were worked into the following books in the series. My daughter, Luna, helped me immensely in developing the back story of the magical diamond and the possibilities of where the series could go. She is an active collaborator.
The Unaltered series is professionally edited and available in ebook and paperback. Audiobooks are available for books 1-4. There will be eight books in the series
A little about me -- When reading books, I love the unexpected twist, the ‘Prof. Snape’ characters who are not what you think, and good chemistry between the sexes. I try to incorporate these into my books because I write what I like to read.
My husband is very supportive of my writing. When I finally let him read my rough draft of The Dictator’s Daughter, (the first book I wrote), he was floored. He told me he had to keep reminding himself that his wife had written the book. He also wondered, “Who is this woman I’m married to?”
Some tidbits about myself: I married my husband in 1989. We have three daughters. I’ve worked in many fields and in many capacities, such as working the craft fair circuits selling my hand-painted wall hangings, a Pampered Chef consultant demonstrating over 250 kitchen shows and trade shows, operating a catering business specializing in wedding receptions and Christmas parties, running a State licensed home daycare for five years (gray hair from that one), working a short stint at a juvenile detention center, another short stint at a grocery store bakery (4 am shifts are for the birds), working in a family practice medical office as a file clerk, operating an online jewelry business buying from bidz.com and selling on eBay, working as a Beauty Consultant for Walgreens, and finally becoming a certified pharmacy technician (CPhT). All of these varying jobs, the people I've met along the way, and the life lessons learned have helped me with my writing and character development.
My life has never been boring.
Thanks for reading!
My book ideas come largely from dreams. My Lost Crown series (formally known as Scars of Defiance) began as a recurring dream in the early 1990s. In 2005, inspired by J.K. Rowling's author story, I began handwriting my dreams. I found I could type out my stories quicker and with better form. Unfortunately, it became painfully clear I should have paid better attention in English class.
Scars of Defiance and The Dictator’s Daughter have been rewritten and retitled. The series is called Lost Crown, with books one and two titled Royal Refugee and Royal Resistance. Book three will be titled Royal Redemption.
The Unaltered
Book one, A Diamond In My Pocket, began as a dream, also. However, it was a rare event for me because 1) the dream was fantasy, and I never dream in fantasy settings, and 2) the dream had a beginning, middle, and end. I remember waking up and thinking, Wow! I’ve got to write that down! I spent the better part of four days typing 50,000 words. Not much of the original storyline changed throughout the editing process. Some parts didn’t fit into the story, such as other powers and abilities, but those were worked into the following books in the series. My daughter, Luna, helped me immensely in developing the back story of the magical diamond and the possibilities of where the series could go. She is an active collaborator.
The Unaltered series is professionally edited and available in ebook and paperback. Audiobooks are available for books 1-4. There will be eight books in the series
A little about me -- When reading books, I love the unexpected twist, the ‘Prof. Snape’ characters who are not what you think, and good chemistry between the sexes. I try to incorporate these into my books because I write what I like to read.
My husband is very supportive of my writing. When I finally let him read my rough draft of The Dictator’s Daughter, (the first book I wrote), he was floored. He told me he had to keep reminding himself that his wife had written the book. He also wondered, “Who is this woman I’m married to?”
Some tidbits about myself: I married my husband in 1989. We have three daughters. I’ve worked in many fields and in many capacities, such as working the craft fair circuits selling my hand-painted wall hangings, a Pampered Chef consultant demonstrating over 250 kitchen shows and trade shows, operating a catering business specializing in wedding receptions and Christmas parties, running a State licensed home daycare for five years (gray hair from that one), working a short stint at a juvenile detention center, another short stint at a grocery store bakery (4 am shifts are for the birds), working in a family practice medical office as a file clerk, operating an online jewelry business buying from bidz.com and selling on eBay, working as a Beauty Consultant for Walgreens, and finally becoming a certified pharmacy technician (CPhT). All of these varying jobs, the people I've met along the way, and the life lessons learned have helped me with my writing and character development.
My life has never been boring.
Thanks for reading!
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September 27, 2021
Favorite book series EVER
February 9, 2019
Awesome series! I couldn't put it down!
December 22, 2014
Great read
What a love story filled with super natural powers suspense action. I'm sorry it ended but the story was wonderful.
What a love story filled with super natural powers suspense action. I'm sorry it ended but the story was wonderful.
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