And the World Crumbled

by Aldrea Alien

Part of the Spellster and the Hound series:

Editions:Kindle: $ 2.99

ISBN: B0BTB9KY4F

No escape. No defence. One chance. Who'll make it out alive?

Everyone knows that Demarn’s spellster tower is the safest place to be for those with magic. The site is shielded by mountains to west, by allies to the north, and their kingdom's army in the south whilst the whole kingdom stretches between them and the magic-reviling people patrolling the sea to the east.
And yet, the enemy has breached the gates.
They’ve issued no demands. Only death.
Fleeing the tower and the ultimate demise is the one choice left. There is but one way out and the enemy holds more power than anyone could possibly anticipate.
For those trapped within, their whole world is about to crumble.

Published: March 23, 2023
Genres:

Fantasy, Fantasy - Dark Fantasy, Fantasy - High & Other World, Horror

Tags:

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Pairings: F-NB
Heat Level: 1
Romantic Content: 1
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Bisexual, Transgender
Protagonist 1 Age: 26-35
Protagonist 2 Age: 26-35
Word Count: 25000
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Same Universe / Various Characters

About the Author

Aldrea Alien is a multi-award-winning, USA Today Bestselling, bisexual & genderqueer author from New Zealand who writes fantasy romance of varying heat levels.

She grew up on a small farm out the back blocks of a place known as Wainuiomata alongside a menagerie of animals, who are all convinced they’re just as human as the next person (especially the cats). Aldrea now lives in Upper Hutt, on yet another small farm with a less hectic, but still egotistical, group of animals (cats will be cats), and published her first book in 2014. One thing she hasn’t yet found is an off switch to give her an ounce of peace from the characters plaguing her mind, a list that grows bigger every year with all of them clamouring for her to tell their story first. It’s a lot of people for one head.

Aldrea is the author of…

Dark One's Trilogy
– Dark One's Mistress
– Dark One's Bride
– Dark One's Wife – Release TBA

Spellster Series
– The Leap to Freedom
– Willow
– Someone Else's Shoes: A Cinderella Retelling

– To Target the Heart: A Tale of Two Princes #1
– To Poison a Prince: A Tale of Two Princes #2

– Tracking Trouble: Spellster and the Hound #0
– In Pain and Blood: Spellster and the Hound #1
– And the World Crumbled: Spellster and the Hound #1.5
– In Love and Death: Spellster and the Hound #2 – Re-release 7th Nov 2024
– In Hope and Freedom: Spellster and the Hound #3 – Re-release TBA
– An Unexpected Gift: Spellster and the Hound #3.5 – Re-release TBA

In Pain and Blood was 2nd in the 2018 Connections eMagazine Reader’s Choice Award (Sci-fi, Paranormal & Fantasy Category) and a finalist in the 2018 The Wishing Shelf Awards
To Target the Heart was 1st in the 2020 Connections eMagazine Reader’s Choice Award (Sci-fi, Paranormal & Fantasy Category) and a finalist in the 2020 The Wishing Shelf Awards
Someone Else's Shoes was originally published in the USA Today Bestselling book Once Upon Another World.

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