A slip of the tongue can have deadly consequences.◆◆◆◆◆◆ The last thing Marella wants to hear is that they're moving halfway across the ocean during her senior year. But her father's been posted as Ambassador to Pharlandzi, a rival mermaid kingdom, and no amount of whining or pleading is going to change the inevitable: Marella is leaving her school and all of her friends behind to swim in strange waters. As an ambassador's daughter, she's expected to abide by certain codes, know all the etiquette, curtsy to the right people, and bite her tongue around others. But that tongue of hers has always gotten her in trouble, and now she's in too deep––fighting for her life deep. She doesn't know who submitted her name into this challenge, but the one thing she knows? It's death, or victory, and her father didn't raise a loser. She'll come back a dragon-riding warrior, or not at...

Exiled from the mountain where he grew up, Serik sets out to find a new home. Accompanied by his childhood friend, he sets out for the legendary Tsari Forest, where a mystical being dwells and offers protection. Unfortunately, a band of enemy tribesmen are out for Serik’s blood, willing to do whatever it takes to dispose of him. Can Serik defeat the hidden tribe and find the home he longs for? Or will his enemies destroy him and turn on his family?

Alija's village has known peace for twenty years, but only under the tyrannical rule of Tavan and his guards. Stripped of all weapons, the villagers know to keep their heads down.But when one of Alija's group suffers merciless punishment after they are caught with weapons, he and the others decide Tavan and his men must go. It's the only way to prevent a repeat of the village's violent history.How far will they go to gain their freedom--and are four untrained men enough to bring down an army?

In his final year of military school, 20-year-old Aibek is forced to abandon his studies. Stunned by the revelation that his parents are dead, Aibek leaves his home in the city to return to Nivaka, the forest village of his birth. Now that the villagers have freed themselves from the invaders that killed their beloved mayor, they summon Aibek to take his father’s place. Certain that Helak, the overlord responsible for the initial invasion, will return and attempt to reestablish control of the village, Aibek races to teach the untrained villagers how to defend themselves from the advancing army. At the same time, he must figure out who in the village is unhappy about his return – before that someone manages to destroy everything he’s worked for.

At 10 years old, Owen thinks he understands his world. When an adventure to find treaure at the end of the rainbow, he and his friends struggle to free themselves from a powerful force, but struggle to hide from the forest itself. Can they find freedom and get back to their families? Or will the forest own them forever?