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Crimson

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Blurb

Crimson the Chromaveiled

Some wish to live in fairy tales. Those in them just wish to escape.

Melzia wanted nothing more than to start a new life somewhere far away from the control of Queen. Some place where fairy tales were simply make-believe, magic didn’t exist, and dragons weren’t real. So, as she stood by the well in the pouring rain, she threw her coin and whispered her fateful wish.

Soon after, she stepped through the portal from Fenglauria to Earth, leaving behind her life as a chromaveiled. She thought her deepest wish had finally come true. She thought she was free.

Eight years later, two cloaked figures suddenly marched into her calm life, and she knew her past had caught up with her. Now, to keep herself and her boyfriend—Luke—safe, Melzia had to evade capture as she dragged him across a magical world he knew nothing about. The time had come for her to find out if her powers were strong enough to rescue Luke… And save herself.

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Crimson the Chromaveiled combines elements of portal fantasy, urban fantasy, epic fantasy, fairy tales, and romance. It is told in third person, past tense.

This fantasy novel will be available November 7, 2024 in hardcover, paperback, and ebook on multiple sites. The ebook is available for pre-order now. See the following link for purchase options on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and more: https://books2read.com/CrimsontheChromaveiled

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Content Warnings

Crimson the Chromaveiled is written with older teens and adult readers in mind. Some scenes involve gore, violence, and death. Romance scenes are not explicit and are fade-to-black style.

Reviews

Creatures

Not all creatures from the book are included in this list.

Note: There are some mild spoilers in the section below. If you'd prefer to avoid them, this is your cue to skip this section.

A drawing of a Dragon from the story “Crimson.” The body is scaly with four legs and two wings. It is mostly green and has purple spikes on its head, back, and tail. The image is overlaid with text that describes common Dragon features. It says Dragons (member of Dracona order). Body 4 legs, 2 wings covered in scales forked tongue. Colors Most common: shades of blue, gray, or green. Rarer: red, orange, purple, black, or silver. Size Generally larger than wyverns. Males are generally larger than females. Temperament varies drastically. Typically lives alone or in pairs. Typically avoids humans, though some will form friendships with humans. Abilities Most breathe fire, though some breath ice instead. Can communicate with other Dracona, but not capable of human speech. Dragon drawing by Lizzie DeLano https://www.instagram.com/boba_theblessed/ Color added by C. Britt

Dragon - a member of the Dracona order

Dragons are very common throughout Fenglauria, but since they tend to avoid humans, they are not seen by humans very often.

A drawing of a dragon-like creature called a Wyvern from the story “Crimson.” The body is scaly with two legs and two wings. It is mostly purplish-gray and has purple spikes on its head, back, and tail. The tip of its tail is forked. The image is overlaid with text that describes common Wyvern features. It says Wyverns (member of Dracona order). Body 2 legs, 2 wings. Covered in scales. Forked tongue; forked tail with stingers. Colors Most common: shades of blue, gray, or green, or purple. Rarer: red, orange, black, or brown. Size Generally smaller than dragons. Females are generally larger than males. Temperament extremely aggressive to all non-wyverns. territorial and sometimes hostile toward other wyverns. typically live alone. Abilities acid-like venom in their bite and in the forked tail. Can communicate with other Dracona, but not capable of human speech. Dragon drawing by Lizzie DeLano https://www.instagram.com/boba_theblessed/ Color added by C. Britt

Wyvern - a member of the Dracona order

Wyverns are common throughout Fenglauria. They are regularly seen flying above forested areas.

A drawing of a dragon-like creature called a Wygon from the story “Crimson.” It is mostly orange and has hundreds of small orange spikes on its head, back, and tail. The tip of its tail has a single stinger. The image is overlaid with text that describes common Wygon features. It says Wygons (member of Dracona order). Body 2 legs, 2 wings. Covered in scales. forked tongue; single stinger on tail. Colors Most common: shades of blue, gray, green, red, or orange. Rarer: purple, black, or silver. Size Cross between a Wyvern and Dragon; they are larger than both parent species. Females are generally larger than males. Temperament extremely aggressive toward any non-wygons and wygons outside pack. Live in packs controlled by a queen, usually the largest and oldest of the group. Will actively hunt humans if the human comes close to their territory. Abilities Most breathe fire, though some breath ice instead. Acid-like venom in tail stinger. Can communicate with other dracona, but not capable of human speech. Dragon drawing by Lizzie DeLano - https://www.instagram.com/boba_theblessed/ Color added by C. Britt

Wygon - a member of the Dracona order

Wygons are a cross between a male Wyvern and a female dragon. Although a wygon produced by a female wyvern and male dragon is theoretically possible, female wyverns are so aggressive toward dragons, it has never been known to happen. They can reproduce together, but the offspring is usually not viable, rarely hatching and even when it does, it almost never survives more than a couple months.

Wygons are uncommon, only appearing in a few isolated packs in Fenglauria.