Unexpected Tales

Four countries. Four trials. Four heroes with the courage to change everything.

In an underwater village, the friendship of the new boy and a pretty girl is endangered by his arrogant dad.
To become an adult, a boy must survive alone in the desert for a month without weapons or supplies.
A young woman competes to be a five-year champion in a cross-country horse race, but can she triumph without her brother at her side?
Prejudice over his back-country origins might send a new winged priest home in shame.

Each short story carries the heartbeat of a different world, yet together they hum in harmony as snapshots of courage, belonging, and quiet heroism. These thrilling selections are from Unexpected Heroes, a clean YA secondary world fantasy series. They can be read in any order without spoilers.