Alia is a merchant with a dark secretβ
A scar she's desperate to put behind her.
With her business partner's stall positioned in one of the most celebrated festivals in the city of the gods, she has a chance of finally earning enough money to start her own caravan and forget her time as an undercover agent.
But not everyone likes the gods, and mage-hating extremists plot to destroy the cityβ
And its innocent inhabitants.
When a goddess requests Alia's help in rooting out the threat, Alia plans to pass the job to the city guard.
She's no longer a soldier.
Still, when she runs into the man responsible for her past scarsβand possibly for the current threatβcan she afford to stand aside?
Investigate the menace to the city of the gods...Β ReadΒ The Scars of Her PastΒ today!
~ Each of theseΒ Legends of Cirena storiesΒ can be read stand-alone: ~
*Β The Wind Mage of MaijevΒ (Livena)
*Β The Gryphon and the Mountain BearΒ (Nuaka)
*Β The Restless Sands of NeelΒ (Ro'nor)
*Β The Cursed Halls of KalecenΒ (Hahven)
*Β The Scars of Her PastΒ (Alia)
*Β The Dragons of the MistΒ (Zynia)
~ Crossovers (It will help to have read the previous stories involving the featured characters): ~
*Β The Wind Mage and the WolfΒ - Features Livena (The Wind Mage of Maijev) and Nuaka (The Gryphon and the Mountain Bear)
*Β The Trial of Bells and BloodΒ - Features Hahven (The Cursed Halls of Kalecen) and Alia (The Scars of Her Past)
KEYWORDS: fantasy, epic fantasy, fantasy novella, mages, magical quest, magical journey, fantasy mage adventure, fantasy vigilante, gods and goddesses, pantheon, fantasy deities, mission, journey, sword and sorcery, magic hunted, mage hunted, fantasy deities, fantasy merchant, magic vs technology, mage hunter assassin, unknown magic
Stephanie Flint (formerly Stephanie Bibb) graduated from the University of Central Missouri with a Bachelor of Science in photography and a minor in creative writing. She merged the two interests into book cover design and photographic illustration, but she particularly enjoys writing speculative fiction. She lives with her husband, Isaac. Together they plot stories in the form of table-top role-play games, and enjoy the occasional cosplay.
Online, Stephanie often goes by the nickname of SBibb.