Rose hides from her personal anxieties in her career as a professor of Japanese History. In her chosen field she is a woman of confidence, intelligence, and strength. Outside the classroom, she has worked hard to ensure her insecurities no longer paralyze her and make her mute. She agreed to teach at Adachi Traditional University, in Tokyo, at the behest of her cousin. Since stepping foot in Tokyo, one fear has overshadowed all the others, Kenji Girikoryu – her first love, the man who brok...

Madeline Abergayle was the eldest daughter of Lord Abergayle of Basingstoke, England. Her life was predictable and tediously proper, until her mother decided upon a scheme and they traveled to Cairo. Days after their arrival her mother fell ill and she and her sister, Veronica, were given into the care of their Cousin Wendy. Not two days after Mrs. Waters became their guardian she wed Mr. Doyle and Madeline's predictable world was tossed into the Nile. As a ward of the Doyle's she was give...

Akane never thought of herself as a weapon. Not when she was a green 2nd Lieutenant freshly graduated from Mars Officer's Academy, and certainly not after her last combat command. It wasn't until she was two years retired from Mars Army, that she became a weapon.Technically, she is host to a viral weapon system and the property of Shinobu Corporation. Unfortunately for those seeking the current host, Akane doesn't care much for semantic technicalities. And she's certainly not about...

Ellestanya craves knowledge and power, as a Wizard of the Obsidian Tower it is expected that she will grow to be powerful. The day of her advancement to journeywoman, she left the safety of the tower determined to explore Midnight. Before she made her way through the dark roads and twisting alleys of the Warren, she encountered a pair of hypnotic eyes that reminded her of her familiar – the viper, Leo.Spice needed to escape the Warren. He had one duty, and to achieve it he required...

As a contract engineer Cali has traveled the world and lived in places she can't pronounce the name of correctly, even if she could speak any language other than English. Machines are easy for her to understand. They don't lie, they don't deceive, and they never beat you to show you how much they love you. Her trust and loyalty only ever belonged to her cousin and business partner, until they accepted a contract in Tokyo. Until Ren, she was content living a mobile life.Mia enjoyed ...

Violet and Rowan were born identical twins, sister and brother. Aside from their birthday and their similarity in facial features, they shared little in common other than their adoration of handsome men, and playing online roll-playing games. Naturally, they jumped at the chance to beta-test Tales of Lyria. The night of the expansion release, Tales of Lyria: Glacier Citadel, they'd arranged to meet their friends in the in-game tavern, the Parting Shot, so they could explore and adventure.

A long tradition of slavery has existed within the Rakki Imperium. Though the Federation of Aligned Worlds forbids taking any sentient race as slaves, it does not free those who already belong to the ruling clans of the Imperium. According to Imperial law It is the right of any Clan Head to dispose of slaves by selling them to slave traders or slave labor overseers. The political might of the FAW is less effective than the military might of Space Corps in restraining the slave trade. Feari...

When Ana von Lugh stepped between a warrior and her victim, she did not intend to break through 3,000 years of Imperialist doctrine by becoming the first of her kind. In succeeding where others failed, she risks her life and sanity. As if soul bonding to seven members of a healing clan, wasn't enough of a challenge, she adopted six of the deadliest warriors to ever trek through the 'verse – her reason, she was only trying to help.The new Clan retreats to the stars to save Ana's life...

The kry-an are an ancient race of creature. Ever since the Rakki Imperium conquered the home world of the Te'ik, the kry-an have chosen those of the Te'ik as their mind-sibs. In return for the protection offered by the kry-an, the Te'ik who are bonded to the creatures dedicate themselves to continuing the races existence. Despite every attempt made by the Te'ik, the kry-an are headed for extinction, except for those who are part of Clan Koof'na upon planet Shi.Since the tans-dal, a ...

Fellstra's life was not demanding. She need only keep her father's house, and cook for him and her brother. Having been taught the basics of herb craft and ink creation by her mother, she filled her days harvesting herbs outside the city walls. Always returning in time to ensure her father had no reason to speak to her. When she discovered a hidden book of spells, there was no one to keep her from learning magic.The day Fellstra refused to wed, she was banished from Darkwind City b...

In all the regions of Lyria the races that walked through the lands were many, and none so wild as the forest orc. Their skill at hunting was matched only by their desire to live free and in harmony with nature. Some wild things cannot even be tamed with magic, no matter how dependent their captors make them.Blood Flower was taken prisoner by a tainted shaman when she was a child. She became a woman with the power to command the abysmal and shadow magic her Master forced into her t...

Wendy Waters traveled to the Middle East for a horse race, not to become a woman displaced in time. During a rest stop she and her horse traveled from their time to another. Once she was returned to civilization, her scientific mind was forced to accept the evidence of the world around her. She was alive in 1906 Cairo. Through the kindness of an elderly woman Wendy is presented to Cairo Society as an unfortunate relative.A 21st century veterinarian by training and an independent wo...