Nobody makes it out of their teenage years without scars. We are all plagued with self-doubt, angst and general teenage discomfort. We have all experienced first loves and unbreakable friendships. We have all been betrayed, and we have all had our hearts broken. On top of the emotional turmoil of normal teenage life, many of us are faced with another darker challenge. My teenage years were plagued in depression, consumed by thoughts of self-loathing, paranoia, and self-harm that festered s...

The Pride of Tirillae is the companion volume to Beyond the Twilight Mountains.Legally pardoned, Tamalaine is ready to return home to Tirillae with Arachlin when they learn that Queen Kaeolinu is dead. In a risky bid for power Princess Sybrielle has poisoned herself and two Minstrels as well as her mother, framing her sister for regicide and declaring herself queen. Though Laine's reinstatement was officially recorded into the continental archives, there is no proof of it in Tirilla...

Beyond the Twilight Mountains begins when Arachlin Irilliartha, elven thief and assassin, arrives home to pay a rare visit to his elder brother. There he discovers that Telgin is making plans to embark on his betrothal errand, the completion of which will finalize marriage arrangements begun more than three decades before. The betrothal errand is a traditional part of elvish courtship rituals, but the objective of Telgin's is not: to win his bride he must bring home the Paralin, a gem of n...