Death is a funny thing. Right before it happens, some say your life will flash before your eyes. Every moment lived, mistakes made, good deeds and bad replay in an instant as if the mind is searching for a precedent, a similar situation of which you came out on top—survived. That was not the case for me. Maybe because I went out on my own terms; one final redeeming act to set right the mess I had made of my life. Instead of showing me what was, death gave me a vision of what could have been.

Sophie wakes up in the hospital unable to remember much more than her own name and her mission: find Willow. The things Sophie can remember seem out of time for the world before her now, strange carriages that need no horses, plastic boxes that show you glimpses of other people's lives, and buildings that stretch into the sky. How is she going to complete her mission in this strange place when she can't remember who Willow even is.

Long ago, ancient dragons sealed their powers inside two magical artifacts to protect dragon kind from going extinct. Years after this event, four descendants of those dragons claimed their powers and gained the ability to shift into their ancient draconic forms. Three of the four set out to change the world and the way humankind viewed them. They formed an alliance and a set of rules that all dragons would live by to peacefully coexist with humanity. The Queen of Ash, Akiri refused to join this alliance; she had other plans. She wanted to produce a clutch of eggs and protect her kingdom with a thunder of dragons, but when her lair was destroyed, Queen Akiri had to ask the Dragon Alliance for help. There was only one problem with that; bad blood between Akiri and the leader of the Alliance, Sophie Rend, could be the downfall of her Kingdom.

Sophie Rend is seventeen. She wants nothing more than to become the first ever female wizard's apprentice, and when a chance encounter with a magical orb gets her sent straight to the wizard's tower, he gives her a dangerous quest that will not only test her abilities, but her loyalty to her friends and family.

Ross Lake was a small and quiet town, the kind where everyone knows each other. When Sara Jensen, a twenty-two-year-old graduate of the police academy, took a position with the Ross Lake Police Department, she never expected to see any action. Then one day, a couple of hikers come across a woman's body in the woods. Sara and her veteran partner, Harold Dunn, are thrown into a world of secrets and horror as they investigate her murder. Dunn and Jensen aren't the only ones who want a confession, though. A malevolent spirit is also seeking revenge and clings to the world of the living through the people it knew in life, but the police can't prosecute the dead, so Dunn and Jensen must stop the spirit to save their suspect.

Queen Sophie begins to suspect her consort, Bastian, may be keeping a dark secret. She still hasn't met his family, and he is always leaving for days at a time to conduct "business" on the mysterious island of Immernacht-a place rumored to be the magical prison of bloodthirsty monsters. Her suspicion grows when a body washes up on the shore near Blackwater drained of blood and she is forced to tell Bastian that her father, Leon Rend, is preparing the Silver Talons for war with Immernacht. Can Bastian prove his innocence to her, despite his family's secret, or will Sophie join the war against him?

“It says you will be the last king, and die over and again for the one you love, the one who will never bear your children in this world. Haros, one day you will sacrifice everything for your lover. Future, fortune, and name. One day… everything will change for you,” she said, reading the fine lines of his palm. He scoffed not believing a word of it, and why would he when his entire life was already decided? He was Haros, the crowned prince of Edithir, and anything but suited to take the throne. Consumed by desires born from his long, well-kept secret, the last thing he wanted was more responsibilities. Forced into an engagement with Princess Keirah of Ordaithahn, and burdened with her chambermaid, Mira, Haros must face the fate he never wanted and has spent his whole life trying to deny. When the Horsemen descend on his world, harkening the end days, everything changes. Will he choose to be the man everyone believes he can be, or is he doomed to sacrifice everything?

My life has been full of unrequested lessons. Some traumatic. Others can be described as torturous. But I have always learned something of value. I am a survivor. "Angst to Ascension" is part of my story, in poetic form. I say 'part' of my story because my story is still being written. But, no matter what life brings my way, I promise to keep surviving and learning. I will continue my ascension.