Tell Me A Tale Series
Tell Me A Tale of Rebirth
Book One (2019)
It is ironic for an immortal killer, such as Caspian, to have his destiny locked away in the mind of a mortal who is cursed to be reborn without any recollection of her past lives. At the turn of the 21st century, Caspian finds her as a five-year-old child. When the 9/11 terrorist attack claims her father's life, Caspian adopts Samantha under the guise Connor Roberts.
Throughout Samantha’s childhood, Caspian tells her fairytale bedtime stories. Samantha has no idea these grand stories of heartwarming adventures, French werewolf armies and pirate wars are secretly intended to reconnect her to ancient memories. Telling Samantha bedtime stories was the easy part. Raising her into adolescence has demanded unsurmountable patience, requiring Caspian to call upon his loyal followers to assist him in managing the comical attributes of a developing pre-teen.
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Tiring as guardianship is, Caspian unexpectedly notices that Samantha isn’t the only one growing and changing. She is bringing back his humanity. These newfound emotions battle his lethal internal demons, pulling forth a sense of compassion and love that only humans can possess. Subdued by his human traits, the demon within awaits the day it shall be free, whispering sweet temptations into Caspian’s soul. This internal conflict impulses Caspian to fiercely protect Samantha from potential evil that lurks in the shadows. A classic tale of good versus evil encrypted in complexities that aren’t as black and white as “happily ever after” fairytales.
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Tell Me A Tale of Revenge
Book Two (October 2021)
Despite the cancer killing Sammy one blood cell at a time, she finds herself distracted by the transcendent revelation of memories from a past life. It remains unclear if she recollected these memories from returning to the Legna Manor or being at death’s door. Regardless, Sammy puts worry aside to relive her days as Sylvia Legna, an heiress born in the late nineteenth century. Driven by revenge, Sylvia sought power from a powerful demon to bring justice to her lover’s murderer, her father’s assassin, and the dismantler of her company. Sylvia will come to learn that revenge isn’t as straightforward as hiring a hit man, and it costs more than a soul.
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As Sammy tells Sylvia’s story, Connor drowns in internal turmoil. While he delights at her remembrance of a past life, he fears that she might see him as the demon butler instead of a loving caregiver, not to mention the grief he refuses to acknowledge and the constant battle to keep his temper under control. It doesn’t make it any easier to have constant threats sneaking in through windows and back doors, which forces Connor’s hand to rely heavily on his loyal followers. Each follower does his or her part to keep Sammy safe and gently approach Connor about his grief. However, it is the outcast, Sakura, who challenges Connor to acknowledge the hard truths about Sammy and himself. As much as he resists Sakura’s challenges, it is ultimately her defiance that uncovers the lifesaving cure for Sammy’s cancer.
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Tell Me A Tale of Regret
Book Three (May 2022)
It has been four years since Connor abandoned Sammy as she awoke cancer-free with new purple markings. On this evening, Sam opens the floodgates of her past memories, bringing with it a new raw power that strikes fear into the followers’ hearts and beckons Connor home. Only, he is no longer the guardian she knew. Reverting back to his monstrous state when he was known as Caspian, he shows little empathy for others and is driven to fulfill his prophetic promise. When Sam and Caspian reunite, both are disappointed— Sam can recall all her past lives except for the beginning which Caspian stubbornly fixates on.
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Deserting his position as the government’s assassin, Caspian sets forth a dangerous chess game that instantly puts Sam in danger. When the Legna Estate is under attack in retaliation to Caspian’s decision, Sam must leave everything she’s known to retreat to Caspian’s birthplace. For Caspian to return, he must pay his debts to his followers and dance through the politics he avoided for so long. While Sam is fighting to recover her original memories and unlock Caspian’s prophetic potential, she also tries to pull the man from the monster. In Sam’s metamorphosis to bring forth her original memories, Caspian finds that he too is pulled in by Sam’s charm.
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One by one, the proverbial chess pieces align in a strategy of betrayal where every seemingly insignificant decision Caspian makes turns his allies into enemies. Though he prided himself on controlling it all, Caspian loses his strongholds, sucking him into a downward spiral of regret. Despite the tragic loss of friends and followers, Caspian crumbles when Sam’s life is on the line. Even though Sam is no longer a damsel in distress, she too is shattered by a life-altering decision she must make for Caspian. At the precipice of choosing truth or illusion, both must live with the regrets of their decisions.
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Tell Me A Tale of Resurgence
Book Four (December 15th 2022)
Fulfilling Caspian's long sought dreams, Samantha has remembered all her past lives. Two lovers pulled apart for thousands of years have found a way to be reunited in euphoric bliss. Kaeda, a powerful adversary comes knocking, demanding that Caspian fulfill a long standing oath— to rise up as the chosen one and defeat an abomination that destroyed the dragon race nearly three thousand years ago.
Since Samantha has awakened her phoenix abilities, she manipulates others with no apparent boundaries. As Caspian commits himself and his armies to aid Kaeda in killing this genocidal abomination, Samantha's rivalry spikes. When Samantha manipulates Caspian to fulfill her own desires, she unknowingly puts in motion the beginning of the end of their passionate relationship.
Caspian must call upon his own exhausted resources, or what is left of them, to help him defeat the abomination. Meanwhile, Samantha's web of lies thickens and entraps the other followers. Enshin burns with self-hatred for what he has become. Although Dorian is loyal to Samantha, he's also always looking for the highest bidder. Morgan's loyalty is conflicted when she's forced to keep Samantha's secret. This single action not only drives a wedge between Morgan and Caspian, but also with Peter who becomes unstable.
To truly understand their enemy, they all travel to meet an informant, imprisoned by a cruel king and his militia of werepanthers. When Samantha is given a self-reflective look at what she has become, she is mortified. Realizing she is more evil than even Kaeda, Samantha distances herself from Caspian at a pivotal moment when he needs her the most. During the greatest battle of their time, Samantha has a vital decision to make that impacts the lives of those she loves. When the climax of the battle unfolds, the full resurgence of Caspian's prophecy comes to glorious fruition. His enemies become allies and his once trusted companions betray him in unforgivable ways.
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A Tale of Revelations
Book Five (August 15th, 2023)
It’s been sixteen years since Samantha betrayed Caspian that fateful day in Peru. Caspian lost the marked bond with his followers, more than half of which died defeating the abominations. Samantha nearly died by Caspian's hands, fleeing in an attempt to save her secret pregnancy. Deeply scarred from enduring enormous amounts of suffering, Samantha hides her son away with Enshin and Dorian’s aid. Any attempt to face her fears surrounding Caspian pulls her into the throws of an anxiety attack, keeping her holed up as the world falls apart.
Meanwhile, Caspian achieved everything he ever dreamed of: usurping nations around the globe, subjugating the human species using his expansive networks of supernaturals, proclaiming himself ruler of the world, and rebuilding the dragon race. After accomplishing his prophetic potential, Caspian remains unhappy and unfulfilled, seeking to find Samantha as his last conquest. The hunt is on as Caspian tracks down Samantha, mowing down her allies and unexpectedly discovering his long lost son along the way. In his unrelenting pursuit to capture Samantha, Caspian puts everything he has built on the line, losing his last remaining friends and his hard earned crown of Emperor.
In the final rendition of the series, the revelations of truth rock the very foundation of Caspian and Samantha's tumultuous existence. The choice upon the precipice that these two war-torn lovers must make will be to either redeem humanity or destroy them to resurrect their love.
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