Rise #1
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Nine-year-old royal orphan Zakaiah falls heir to the throne of the broken post-apocalyptic kingdom of Pacifica¸ and must endure the Trials of the House of Jasser¸ a series of tests designed to prepare her to occupy the seat of the kingdom. Recently orphaned and reluctant to embark on a set of trials to teach and test her on the responsibilities that now rest on her shoulders¸ she is guided on this tumultuous path by soldiers and strangers¸ plagued by their own struggles¸ pasts and hidden agendas. Embarking on the journey on a dark road with strangers who now answer to her and inexperienced in carrying the weight of the world¸ she's left the only home she's ever known to explore the realm she now has the responsibility to rule. Behind them¸ the empty throne is at the mercy of a ruling class that threatens to usurp it for their own dark agendas¸ and just beyond the shadows ahead¸ the emergence of an ancient evil threatens to halt their journey dead in its tracks.