Shattered Start: The Story of Sera: The Realm Series

by C.R. Rice

She is held together with carefully stitched threads of deception, tied off with lies.
Before she became The Shadow, Seraphina, she was just a shy, scared little girl who felt the Realm's pain as her own, possessing unexplainable powers. When the kings of the Realm witness her unique skills, they enlist her in their plan to protect the land. But Seraphina has never been truly in control of her amazing abilities. On her sixteenth birthday, chaos erupts, her powers twisting into a destructive force that catches her best friend Evie in the crossfire. Plunged into spiraling grief, Sera is offered a desperate chance by a mysterious entity to undo her mistake. As she attempts to resurrect her friend, her choices forever alter the Realm's destiny. This thrilling prequel finally answers the darkest How exactly did Averie escape the fall of the Realms?
On her sixteenth birthday, chaos erupts, her powers twisting into a destructive force that catches her best friend Evie in the crossfire. Plunged into spiraling grief, Sera is offered a desperate chance by a mysterious entity to undo her mistake. As she attempts to resurrect her friend, her choices forever alter the Realm's destiny. This thrilling prequel finally answers the darkest How exactly did Averie escape the fall of the Realms?

133 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 12, 2025

About the author

C.R. Rice enjoys spending her days with her family in sunny Florida, where the sun is always shining and the alligators are only slightly terrifying. After receiving a loving shove from her husband, she decided to take a step into the wonderful world of authordom with her first series in the Realm. When she is not writing she is reading, going on adventures with her rather daring four year old son and husband, or lazing about in the pool.