
Emily K. Bray is a high school Creative Writing and Drama teacher in Washington State. She has taught hundreds of students to share her love of writing, stories, and words since 2013. Now she hopes to share this joy with others with the continuation of the Kaybrum Chronicles. She lives with her husband and her dog, Quinn. Besides her love of writing and teaching, she also enjoys musicals, crafting, and spending the day under a large blanket.
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In the Cards
In Kaybrum, magic isn't outlawed, but it's far from accepted. At seventeen years old, Korvo has spent his life learning all society will teach him and campaigning for the freedom of his fellow Magics. When a young fire magic arrives in the city, tensions rise among his adopted family. Change can't come fast enough for Aer, and soon she and Korvo find themselves on different routes to the same end.
Looking for guidance the only way he knows how, Korvo continually consults his fortune-telling cards. But they hint of disaster and change, victory and pain, and offer little clarity on which side will come away victorious. With the future of Magics hanging in the balance, Korvo must make a choice: abandon his friends to their anger or risk failure to keep them safe.
This young adult fantasy novel marries found family character interactions with intense political and social intrigue to create an edge-of-your-seat read perfect for fans of Chloe Gong and Laura Sebastian.
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Being Heard is Just the Beginning
Korvo, Merin, Bryce, and Tiernan have permission to open a school for Magics in Kaybrum, but the work is only beginning. The right to learn didn't come with books or teachers or funding, and putting a school in what used to be a correctional facility brings its own challenges and trauma.
The more they learn about the Refuge, the more atrocities they discover. When Bryce finds a grave on the property, Korvo is pushed to his limits. Aer is gone, and the man behind it all, the General, is still out there. Craving justice and revenge, Korvo leaves to hunt down the General. Without Korvo to lead the school, Bryce and Merin must step up and care for all the students still grappling with their newly tolerated magic.
As their found family spreads across the continent, they'll have to learn to be as strong individually as they are together before the progress they've made slips away. But the continent has been fighting for years, and all-out-war is one misstep away.
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