When I received The Snow Queen as my second fairy tale, I cheered. What was the history of the talisman? What happened after Talia returned to the palace? To my surprise, however, requests came pouring in for a second story. When I finished the book, I had told everything we needed to know about stubborn Talia and righteous Vina. I never meant to write a sequel to Taliasman. Published by Decadent Publishing Company, LLC Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work, in whole or in part, in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.Īll rights reserved. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions and do not participate in, or encourage, the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by fines and federal imprisonment. The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work is illegal. What can a pauper offer a spoiled princess? Will the street child end up surprising them all? Read more The talisman leads her to the mysterious Nicodemus, who offers one command:īaffled, Sonna embarks on her journey. In the process, the entire earth descends into chaos.įive years later, nineteen-year-old Sonna forages for two-day-old fish heads while dodging street pimps.

When she places the priceless talisman around Sonna’s neck, neither can remove the jewelry.Īlarmed at Kira losing the talisman’s protection, Vina and Talia take drastic steps to protect the princess. Weary of endless rules and duties involved in training to become the future queen, Kira leaps at the chance to escape with a new friend. Unprotected by her amputee father and beaten by her mother for failing to bring home scraps for the family to eat, Sonna runs into the self-assured Kira, daughter and heir to Vina’s queendom. Six years after the mysterious talisman brought Queen Vina to Talia, it chooses a new owner in Sonna, a child of the streets.

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