The Amaranth Chronicles has sparked creativity in both the original authors and fans, inspiring them to write prequel short stories that delve deeper into character arcs and offer new, exciting adventures.

 

 

The Sky Is Not The Limit

 

Written by Alexander Barnes & Christopher Preiman - Edited by Beth Dorward - Narrated by Emily Smith

 

Lithia’s father tells the story of Hoban Boson, a long-ago captain of a ship on Earth, and his defiance against those who would try to take their freedom. Hoban convinced his crew to go up against the Falcon, the ship that had landed in Buzzard Bay to lay claim to the town. Hoban’s crew and ship, the Success, was much smaller than the Falcon, but to him, that didn’t matter. What mattered was standing up to those who would subjugate and terrorize.

Lithia is old enough to know that bad guys don’t win in the end, and young enough to be scared when all seems lost. Will Hoban triumph over Captain Kajiura and the Falcon, or will Buzzard Bay be lost?

 
 
 

 

The Evil That Men Do Lives After Them

 
 

Written by Emily Smith - Edited by Beth Dorward - Narrated by Emily Smith

 
 

Growing up, all Lithia wants is to go on the Journey with her father. But as she gets older, a dark secret seems to cloud their idyllic world. The neighbors ask questions about where her father goes, if he ever brings anything back from his trips around the galaxy. Lithia and her brother, Bobby, are instructed to be careful with whom they talk.

One day, her father comes home in a daze, and her mother announces they are leaving Venus to go on the Journey together. Lithia is elated – until tragedy strikes.

The two siblings are left with nowhere to go. They have nothing, and they don’t know who to trust. The secret her parents kept from her looms ever larger, still without the answers they need. Worse, Bobby seems like he has one last secret to tell. Do the two siblings have the strength to break free from this prison of anguish and terror?

 
 

The short stories are prequels to the novel.

 

The Amaranth Chronicles: Deviant Rising

 

Written by Alexander Barnes & Christopher Preiman - Edited and Published by inkshares.com - Narrated by Emily Smith

 
 

After a culture of surveillance has taken control of the galaxy, it’s up to an eclectic group of misfits from disparate corners of the cosmos to rediscover the forbidden concepts of life, love and liberty.

The Helix was created to revolutionize the way we communicate. But even the purest of intentions can spawn terrible evil.

Lithia Boson never wanted to join some grand rebellion against evil, she just wanted to escape from her abusive aunt Petra and take her little brother Bobby with her but when the United Planets of Earth find out that the lone passenger on her little cargo ship is a rogue agent from the U.P.E. with knowledge of exactly how deep the government’s control of society goes, she isn’t given a choice.

Far from home and no one she can call on, Lithia must turn to a group of ragtag freedom fighters and refugees for help but who can she really trust when they are the reason her life stands in ruins and she doesn’t even know where her brother is.

Out among the planets of the frontier Lithia is caught up in events far bigger than herself and that she doesn’t really understand but Lithia has always been a survivor and to rescue her brother Lithia will find strength she never knew she had and go further than she ever thought possible.

 

 

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