Live to Venture (#0)
tarishannon18
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  • Reads 3,250
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  • Parts 48
  • Time 9h 38m
tarishannon18
Complete, First published Nov 20, 2021
Mature
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Brilliance and power are two sides of the same coin. 

Nova's life plays out exactly how she orders it to-- but she's starting to feel like she's giving the wrong demands. Ambition lives deep inside every bone of her talented body, and there's very little that deters her. As she crafts her legacy, she'll keep to her rules, and uncertainty will stay far away from her. 

The King of the Sea has never doubted himself for a moment. And yet, when his precious ship is attacked in the dead of night by Sirens, Vallin finds himself struggling to maintain his confidence. The only way out of the cell he sits in is to win a mind game against someone drastically smarter than him. 

They'd both die for adventure. But who's willing to live for it?


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Cover by xxsoteria

Rated mature for graphic depictions of themes further detailed in the information chapter. 

This is the prologue to the Venture Series. It is standalone and can be read without any prior knowledge.
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The Cure (Book One of The Golden Eyes Trilogy)

87 parts Complete

Nova is a badass. She's not only a talented zombie slayer-she's tough, ruthless, and a downright bitch. But she loves who she is, and she wouldn't change herself for the world. Trying to survive the apocalypse with her best friend until they make it to Australia-the last safe place on Earth-is their only goal. Nova knows they can make it now that she has enhanced speed and strength and dramatically improved senses after dying from a bite and coming back to life as an immune superhuman. She just needs the Fates to send someone who can sail or fly them to their destination. And then the Fates do send someone. Along with a man named Finn. She can't help but to like him and for the crazy world they live in he makes her feel-well-normal. The plan is to get to Australia. It's the last safe place in the world and Nova truly believes she is the cure that will save the human race. But they have to go through Savages out for blood, new and different types of Zombies, an insane man and his army, and a three month boat ride to the safe lands. Hopefully they make it all in one piece. Read on to find out if they do.

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