Synopsis:
When 17-year-old, Dezaray Storm
drunkenly stumbles across a portal one night, her life of abuse and self-pity
begins to change, mainly because she starts living someone else's life.
Accidently trading places with the
most powerful sorceress of the realm Coldivor, Dezaray finds herself assuming
the identity of her magical lookalike, having to convince everyone in the realm
that she's the real deal.
Aside from a few minor hiccups
along the way, like the fact that she is not magical nor does she know even the
simplest cards trick; Dezaray soon finds herself settling in. Particularly in the
arms of Milo; a blue-eyed jokester with the ability to teleport.
However, it doesn't take long for
Dezaray to realise that life on the other side is far from glitz and glamour
and that creatures unimaginable are hunting her. A war is brewing between the
seven empires of Coldivor and those that long to take over. Dezaray's enchanted
double is their only hope; their secret weapon, set to be unleashed on her
eighteenth birthday when she is gifted the powers of her forefathers.
But for the enchantress to return,
Dezaray has to leave, and the thought of going back to Islon fills Dezaray with
dread, for more reasons than one. Torn between a reality she can't stand and a
fantasy she can't keep, Dezaray is struggling to see how any choice she makes
will lead to a happy ending.
About
the author:
S. McPherson is a young British
expat living in Dubai and working as a kindergarten teacher. When she is not at
work immersed in a world of imagination and fantasy created by the children,
she is immersed in her own worlds of imagination and fantasy at home, dreaming
up tales and writing them down. 'At Water’s Edge' is S. McPherson’s debut novel
and the first in the epic fantasy saga, 'The Water Rushes'.
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