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The Unaltered #1-4
The Unaltered Series Box Set 1-4: A Diamond in My Pocket, A Diamond in My Heart, The Diamond of Freedom, The Diamond Bearers' Destiny
YA A Fresh Take on Supernatural Powers and Abilities in this YA Fantasy Box SetScience-minded bookworm, Calli Courtnae, astonishingly wins the 100m for the first time at her track meet, breaking the world record. After a whirlwind of excitement and being whisked off to Montana to train for the Olympics, Calli learns nothing is as it seems. While trying to wrap her mind around her new world and new superspeed ability, Calli comes into possession of a mystical diamond containing several other supernatural powers including future sight. Her first alarming vision reveals she will be responsible for many deaths in the coming days. Calli cannot fathom how she could possibly make such a choice, so she sets out to change the future, harnessing the powers within the diamond in her pocket, determined to prevent the future she's seen from coming true.The stakes are raised when she realizes she simply cannot save everyone, and the choice of who lives and who dies will ultimately be on her shoulders. Will Calli figure out the best choice resulting in the least amount of death before the clock runs out?Fans of Veronica Roth and Marie Lu will enjoy this series, which romanceurban fantasycoming of agea world within our ownpowerful crystals and diamondsgovernment spiessupernatural terroristsDownload The Unaltered Series box set today and start a spellbinding, unputdownable, wild ride riddled with immortal Illuminati-esque shadowy figures bent on controlling the world, government counter-operations, and twists and turns that will have you questioning everything.Box set includes bk. 1- A Diamond in My Pocket, bk. 2- A Diamond in My Heart, bk. 3- The Diamond of Freedom, and bk. 4- The Diamond Bearers' Destiny.The four-book set is a complete storyline, while also setting up for the following books 5-8. Book four is not a cliffhanger. Recommended for ages 13+.
1018 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 31, 2021
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About the author
Lorena Angell
14 books115 followersI grew up reading Beverly Cleary and Madeleine L'Engle, loving their skillful way of weaving a story together. My children hooked me on the Harry Potter series, which inspired me to attempt to write my own books.
My book ideas come largely from dreams. My Lost Crown series (formally known as Scars of Defiance) began as a recurring dream in the early 1990s. In 2005, inspired by J.K. Rowling's author story, I began handwriting my dreams. I found I could type out my stories quicker and with better form. Unfortunately, it became painfully clear I should have paid better attention in English class.
Scars of Defiance and The Dictator’s Daughter have been rewritten and retitled. The series is called Lost Crown, with books one and two titled Royal Refugee and Royal Resistance. Book three will be titled Royal Redemption.
The Unaltered
Book one, A Diamond In My Pocket, began as a dream, also. However, it was a rare event for me because 1) the dream was fantasy, and I never dream in fantasy settings, and 2) the dream had a beginning, middle, and end. I remember waking up and thinking, Wow! I’ve got to write that down! I spent the better part of four days typing 50,000 words. Not much of the original storyline changed throughout the editing process. Some parts didn’t fit into the story, such as other powers and abilities, but those were worked into the following books in the series. My daughter, Luna, helped me immensely in developing the back story of the magical diamond and the possibilities of where the series could go. She is an active collaborator.
The Unaltered series is professionally edited and available in ebook and paperback. Audiobooks are available for books 1-4. There will be eight books in the series
A little about me -- When reading books, I love the unexpected twist, the ‘Prof. Snape’ characters who are not what you think, and good chemistry between the sexes. I try to incorporate these into my books because I write what I like to read.
My husband is very supportive of my writing. When I finally let him read my rough draft of The Dictator’s Daughter, (the first book I wrote), he was floored. He told me he had to keep reminding himself that his wife had written the book. He also wondered, “Who is this woman I’m married to?”
Some tidbits about myself: I married my husband in 1989. We have three daughters. I’ve worked in many fields and in many capacities, such as working the craft fair circuits selling my hand-painted wall hangings, a Pampered Chef consultant demonstrating over 250 kitchen shows and trade shows, operating a catering business specializing in wedding receptions and Christmas parties, running a State licensed home daycare for five years (gray hair from that one), working a short stint at a juvenile detention center, another short stint at a grocery store bakery (4 am shifts are for the birds), working in a family practice medical office as a file clerk, operating an online jewelry business buying from bidz.com and selling on eBay, working as a Beauty Consultant for Walgreens, and finally becoming a certified pharmacy technician (CPhT). All of these varying jobs, the people I've met along the way, and the life lessons learned have helped me with my writing and character development.
My life has never been boring.
Thanks for reading!
My book ideas come largely from dreams. My Lost Crown series (formally known as Scars of Defiance) began as a recurring dream in the early 1990s. In 2005, inspired by J.K. Rowling's author story, I began handwriting my dreams. I found I could type out my stories quicker and with better form. Unfortunately, it became painfully clear I should have paid better attention in English class.
Scars of Defiance and The Dictator’s Daughter have been rewritten and retitled. The series is called Lost Crown, with books one and two titled Royal Refugee and Royal Resistance. Book three will be titled Royal Redemption.
The Unaltered
Book one, A Diamond In My Pocket, began as a dream, also. However, it was a rare event for me because 1) the dream was fantasy, and I never dream in fantasy settings, and 2) the dream had a beginning, middle, and end. I remember waking up and thinking, Wow! I’ve got to write that down! I spent the better part of four days typing 50,000 words. Not much of the original storyline changed throughout the editing process. Some parts didn’t fit into the story, such as other powers and abilities, but those were worked into the following books in the series. My daughter, Luna, helped me immensely in developing the back story of the magical diamond and the possibilities of where the series could go. She is an active collaborator.
The Unaltered series is professionally edited and available in ebook and paperback. Audiobooks are available for books 1-4. There will be eight books in the series
A little about me -- When reading books, I love the unexpected twist, the ‘Prof. Snape’ characters who are not what you think, and good chemistry between the sexes. I try to incorporate these into my books because I write what I like to read.
My husband is very supportive of my writing. When I finally let him read my rough draft of The Dictator’s Daughter, (the first book I wrote), he was floored. He told me he had to keep reminding himself that his wife had written the book. He also wondered, “Who is this woman I’m married to?”
Some tidbits about myself: I married my husband in 1989. We have three daughters. I’ve worked in many fields and in many capacities, such as working the craft fair circuits selling my hand-painted wall hangings, a Pampered Chef consultant demonstrating over 250 kitchen shows and trade shows, operating a catering business specializing in wedding receptions and Christmas parties, running a State licensed home daycare for five years (gray hair from that one), working a short stint at a juvenile detention center, another short stint at a grocery store bakery (4 am shifts are for the birds), working in a family practice medical office as a file clerk, operating an online jewelry business buying from bidz.com and selling on eBay, working as a Beauty Consultant for Walgreens, and finally becoming a certified pharmacy technician (CPhT). All of these varying jobs, the people I've met along the way, and the life lessons learned have helped me with my writing and character development.
My life has never been boring.
Thanks for reading!
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April 24, 2024
Not just for Young Adults. I was surprised by how much I loved this series. It was very well written and kept me reading for days until I could finish it!
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