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A standalone companion to The Chosen Chronicles

Blood of the Wild Gods

The Girl Beneath the Cherry Tree.

Fantasy romance · Coming of age · Fairy tales

On the island of Nareen, Amina Korteka falls in love with a boy from a distant, broken world.

A girl, a boy, a cherry tree

“There once was a girl beneath a cherry tree, and she loved a boy who became a star…”

The story

Through Amina’s eyes.

Amina Korteka’s story unfolds on Nareen, an island with its own traditions and ways of seeing the world. When she falls in love with a boy from a distant, broken world, we experience that love through her eyes.

The Girl Beneath the Cherry Tree is a standalone companion to The Chosen Chronicles, bringing another perspective to the world of Blood of the Wild Gods.

How the story is told

A fairy tale inside the novel.

Every chapter opens with a passage of fairy tale. Read together, those passages tell the story in miniature.

The fairy tale draws on the oral tradition of a people who believe all things flow like water. It runs alongside Amina’s story, giving readers another way to experience it.

Where it fits

Between The Village and The Return.

The companion’s place in The Chosen Chronicles timeline:

  1. Book three

    The Village

    The Chosen Chronicles

  2. Standalone companion

    The Girl Beneath the Cherry Tree

    Amina’s story · Work in progress

  3. Book four

    The Return

    The Chosen Chronicles

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