Young adult fiction

During the Age of Heroes, Gods would use mortal souls as pieces for their games, games which would decide the fate of the world. But as their latest game neared its conclusion, it was interrupted by the sinking of the island of Atlantis, an event which forcibly separated the ancient world in two, those of mortals and those of myths. Now, millennia later, Princess Selesia, the Crown Princess of the mythical Kingdom of Artlars and Field Marshall Archean, a war weary survivor of the Third World War, are chosen as the pieces for the Gods latest game.

They tell me the country looked different back then. They talk of open borders and flowing rivers. They say the world was green. But drought swept across the globe and the United States of the past disappeared under a burning sky.

Born to the daughter of a billionaire heiress and the orphan son of a fisherman, Elena Rose walks the line between her father's wild artistry and her mother's upper-class persona. Now on the cusp of her own culinary career, she is in her freshman year at a prestigious boarding school. The yearly competition brings out the best from her class, namely all the children of famous alumni. This includes her beautiful, gifted cousin, Prayikina.

My name is Kyara, and I am a banshee. My job? Bringing the dead to the other side. I expected to become a healer... …But fate bestowed me with a curse. Cause, yeah. Being a Banshee is a curse. I'm hated by my friends and family, and I'm kind of stuck in the Realm of Silver, the last place I want to be. But if I don't accept my job and take souls to their next stop, well, things will get bad fast. The wicked ones will drown the world in darkness, while the rest? I don’t even want to know.

A 17 year old girl's life turns upside down when she meets a Greek god, has to figure out how to fight demons, and along her journey, discovers a monster that will either help her save the ones she loves or eat them. THE CREATURA SERIES IS THE DANTE ROSETTI FIRST PLACE WINNER, two years running, and a 2016 READERS' FAVORITE HONORABLE MENTION in the Young Adult-Fantasy category.