Melody and the Pier to Forever: Book Two

A Guide to Pay What You Want
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If you haven't read anything of mine and so are not sure you'll like it, please download this book for free, and enjoy!

If you have read something of mine and it wasn't quite your cup o' tea, but you want to give me another shot (thank you!), by all means, download this book for free. I hope you have a better reading experience!

If you have read something of mine and enjoyed it, and want to read this book next, please consider paying something--anything--for my time, love, dedication, persistence, and hard work. If you don't have any money, by all means download this book for free, but commit to writing a review for it when you are done. Post your review here, or at Goodreads, or at any of the many online retailers where it appears. Know that wherever it is, I am very grateful that you took the time and effort to post it.

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Cool! Got it! So what's the story about?
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Anurag de Bouchard is on a mission. He's waited half his lifetime for this moment. At last he can light the beacon that will spread the news across the whole of Aquanus:

The Apprentice has come.

All across the vast, dangerous waters of that ocean world, thousands of revolutionaries are quietly mobilizing. It is time to rise against Emperor Necrolius Anaxagorius, the soul-consuming monster devouring the heart and soul of Aquanus like a cancer and growing more powerful by the day. The Apprentice is prophesied to be the only one who can destroy him before he invades Earth and consumes it, too.

But the Apprentice, Melody Singleton, is only thirteen years old, and still on the other side of the Tangent, the portal separating Aquanus from Earth. As she and Yaeko Mitsaki, her best friend, and their parents prepare for a whole new life and the distinct possibility that they'll never return home, a hidden kingdom and its king brace for all-out war with the emperor's mighty forces. Even with the Apprentice on their side, their chances for victory are next to nothing. But if they don't prevail, Melody will never get the chance to confront Necrolius, and Aquanus and Earth will fall forever to his deadly clutches.

The stakes couldn't be higher. Even so, there is time yet for much less frightening things like falling in love, traveling to Antarctica, dancing in the living room, playing in a concert, first kisses, learning how to turn into a red-tailed hawk, and laughing and singing.


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Total time to write, edit, format, and create cover art & illustrations for original edition:
5 years
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