Riyu
Riyu has spent years believing she simply lost her place in the world. She never imagined the world had been waiting for her all along.
The Fire Tree Series
The Fire Tree
Fantasy for anyone who has ever wondered whether it is too late to become the person they meant to be.
Riyu is in her late thirties. She once wanted to explore the world and make a difference; instead, she has built a life around avoiding risk and is beginning to realize how much of it has passed her by. Then a journey meant to prove she can still change leaves her stranded in another world — with no memory of how she got there or who she is.
The Fire Tree series follows Riyu across three connected realities, from a life narrowed by fear to a fishing village that seems to know her and a magical wilderness guarded by dragons. Along the way, she finds animals and friends she thought she had lost, memories that were taken from her, and reasons to stop letting fear make her decisions.
For readers drawn to second chances
The Fire Tree is for readers who enjoy discovering a new world alongside an adult heroine; dragons and magical trials; animals with minds and stories of their own; and a journey shaped by curiosity, friendship, and the possibility of changing your life.
The Worlds
Three connected realities
Three realities. Different rules. One life that reaches across all of them.
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Another World
The familiar world of work, family, ordinary routines, and the choices people learn to live with.
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Inner World
A gentler realm of villages, coastlines, forests, and simple lives, where traces of older magic survive.
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Outer World
A vast magical realm where dragons guard the land and every visitor must face a series of trials.
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The Books
The Fire Tree series
Two books in the series so far.
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The Fire Tree
A Magical Journey
Riyu has spent years avoiding risks. Waking in another world without her memories was not how she planned to change.
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The Blue Heart
Book Two. Riyu’s next journey takes her deeper into the Outer World — and closer to the mystery of the Blue Heart.
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Meet the Characters
Characters
Some remember Riyu from a life she has forgotten. Some are trying to protect her. Others have their own reasons for wanting her to cross into the Outer World.
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Lenny has a habit of appearing exactly when Riyu least wants his advice. Unfortunately, he is often right.
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Everyone in Laevelin trusts Grandma. Riyu never questioned how Grandma always seemed to have the right answer.
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Horses don’t usually have much to say. Ikar never got that memo. He has opinions about almost everything Riyu does.
Lost Pages
Fragments from the worlds
Legends, scenes, and other pieces from the worlds behind the books.
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