Realm of Nightmares

When the stories told to scare children take form and come after you, where do you go?

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Born into exile and moved from village to village her entire life, seven-year-old Raven has never belonged anywhere. Her guardian keeps them moving, never staying long enough for her to call any place home.

But Raven knows something others don't—the monsters from the old stories are real. She sees them in nightmares that feel too real, dreams of claws and death that nobody believes.

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Until the night the nightmares come true.

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Alone and starving after the massacre, she survives on terror and scraps for a month until a boy with shadow magic saves her from certain death. For the first time in her life, someone chooses to keep her.

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Drawn to a crystal cave where ancient magic sleeps, she finds the one soul who accepts her unconditionally. An energy dragon prince, alone for two millennia, who hatches for a seven-year-old girl when all wisdom says he shouldn't.

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But love built on fear of abandonment is fragile. And when the boy who saved her makes the ultimate sacrifice, her world shatters all over again.