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Beyond the Bridge
A darkness like no other.
The land of Mortal is plagued with a growing darkness. A ruthless sorceress is taking revenge, and the only thing standing in her way has been locked away for nine years.
Until now.
Awyn is eighteen, and it’s time to die. Her power-hungry uncle had mercy on her years ago, but he knows the only way to secure his throne is if the heir to it dies.
But what neither of them could have predicted is that Awyn manages to escape his sword, and out of the city that has been her torment and dream for the past nine years. But to get away from her uncle’s soldiers, she’s going to have to journey beyond the bridge into an unknown world full of chaos and death—and is plunged into a war with the sorceress herself.
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Written at 12-13 years old
The Broken Bow
The Five Kingdoms are in chaos.
Not long after the fight for Mera ended, and Princess Awyn fell into the Tower of Nethess, the sorceress Revera is already preparing her next calamity.
In the frozen north that is the Kingdom of Rohidia, a battle threatens the already dying kingdom. Revera wages war against its king and people, but it’s the First Lieutenant who marches across the cold plains with an army that will kill anything in its path.
As those who lived through the battle of Mera suffer, Revera plans her next move. She’s cursed the land in eternal winter, though, what she has planned next for Mortal will end everything. But while everyone struggles to thwart her plan to end the Rohidian people, no one realizes a much sinister plot has been put into motion.
Across the lands, there are those willing to sacrifice everything to rescue Awyn and protect the people of Rohidia. What they don’t know, is that the sacrifice has already been made.
A bow has been broken. And the land of Mortal is next.
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Written at 12-13 years old
No Man's Land
Six months…
Since the Battle for Rohidia was won.
Since Awyn was made Queen of Mera.
Since Aradon betrayed everyone who cared about him.
It’s been six months since everything changed.
Those who once fought for Mortal’s deliverance are scattered, betrayed and broken. Aradon is reeling from his past betrayal, and Awyn struggles to rebuild her kingdom while fighting off a new threat that may be more dangerous than the sorceress Revera.
But now Revera is done with her taunting.
An enemy growing within her, the sorceress makes her biggest move yet, and the Last Lieutenant is the one who’s going to pay for it. Only if Karak is willing can the world be saved from this new darkness.
And he may not be.
With the return of old allies and enemies, the people of Mortal must decide if they are willing to die for peace and freedom.
But will anyone fight for a dead world?
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Written at 13-14 years old
We Shall Reap
​Jehl Fahara has two regrets: meeting Roan Riker and letting him live. In her quiet hometown, she spends her days tending to her family’s sheep, trying to find hope and healing in the isolation. But the flames that burned her threaten to reignite when Roan comes back into her life.
Roan Riker has two goals: finding the Torenstone and taking it. When the nation of Jhez Ohr is faced with famine, the sultan enlists Roan’s help. He must travel to a land long forgotten, the last hope for the dying country, and possibly Roan’s last chance to possess the mythical Torenstone.
This precarious mission pulls five into the morose world of Jehl and Roan…
Roan’s right-hand man, loyal as a dog.
A wandering mercenary, defiant as a traitor.
An elven prince, arrogant as a king.
The prince’s brother, vigilant as a soldier.
And a young sultan, selfless as a martyr.
Seven souls enter the fire. But a cold front is on the horizon. Will they save Jhez Ohr and themselves? Or will sins of the past reap something much worse than scars?
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Written at 15 years old
Before I Turn 18
In her first anthology, C.D. Beaudin explores mental health, change, death, family, and religion, while remaining true to the core reason she wrote this book: to give a voice to the youth of today. She knows what it is to fear the future, and in Before I Turn 18, she hopes to ensure that the reader who shares such a fear doesn’t feel alone. Before I Turn 18 is a collection of poems and thoughts, written by a youth, for the youth.
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Written at 17 years old