Title: Storybook

by J.A. Alvara

Sleep, pretender. A new dream begins. Nine years gone and spent in shunned isolation, but the flickers of heroic spirit still reside in Ally Remva. Outlawed from purchasing swords and paranoid of her cursed flames, she selected optimism as her weapon of choice. Every hero needs a smile, even while the world around them decays. On the day she turned 14, Adven, headmaster of the notorious Heroes Guild, offers her the chance to rekindle her stolen dream. What child wouldn’t accept?

In her long absence, an ancient evil seeped into the world, but zev―a unknown mythical power―gave heroes the ability to fight back. But the citizens living in a once magic bereft kingdom saw this as the evil’s influence. Ally will realize, fairytale heroes are dead. Heroes spill blood, human’s and monster’s. What must be done. A hero’s choice is always just. Faced against cultists seeking salvation from evil deities, the man who besieged her hometown, and the hero hunting knights, Ally must choose to accept or flee the path she’s chosen. No weapon or tool could help her fleeting sanity. But struggling through her new life is the first of Ally’s battles. The truth dreams hidden in the tales of her unfinished storybook.

341 pages, Paperback

Published March 3, 2022

About the author

I write fictional books...that's pretty much it. Play games and sleep too much. It helps with the imagination.