They have been awaited, but finally, we officially have the titles for the 3 publications that will be announced at the beginning of the year with the first release of SPARKLE.
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SPARKLE, the first book released at the beginning of the year, which also promoted a contest won by a girl named Ariadna Ortega, from Baja California, Mexico.
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Time later, it was known (something that had already leaked in rumors) that the second book would be the long-awaited "Moonlight Shadow II, The Scarlet Star," of which only a small fragment had been revealed, but enough to make us bite our nails in anticipation.
(First Star) A mysterious shop looked at her in the eyes, and in them, he saw the tears of her farewell. Everything around him was illuminated with a strong blinding glow, but he was protected by his eclipse; he only saw her, beautiful and ethereal in the infinite space. The light expanded and froze her in time alongside her celestial radiance.
In a moment, everything can end, in a moment, everything can be lost...
Adrik woke up abruptly in his vast room at Shade Mansion, the most symbolic building in the city. It had numerous corridors and rooms, grand halls, and a great legend; the now young man was overwhelmed and anxious, sweating and with tears in his eyes, breathing heavily. When he calmed down completely, he looked towards the window and could see that it was just dawn, the moon still visible in the sky. He got up, walked to the balcony, and watched as the sun's rays began to cover the trees with a golden glow that in the distance looked like a pure gold bath.
As he observed how the sky gradually cleared to give birth to a new day, bringing unexpected changes, he thought about the nightmare that haunted him every night and became more vivid as the Dark Moon approached. More than that, it was a reflection of his past life that seemed as if it had happened yesterday, not several reincarnations and thousands of years ago. The memory still affected him, and it would continue to do so, but once again, he had the opportunity to change everything.
He had found his Goddess in her new reincarnation. It was a moonlit night; he remembered it well. It was the first time he saw her from that place. He and his family had moved to a small town on the country's map, and he liked the tranquility of the place. It was a cold summer night when the moon nestled among the clouds, leaving only half uncovered. Not even the stars dared to come out. He felt the light breeze from the park he walked through alone; he could almost feel the wind whispers chanting a name he couldn't distinguish like a spell. Then he saw her, and although desperate not to repeat the same mistakes, he had kidnapped and confined her to a magical underworld hidden only to protect her. In the end, she forgave him because, like now and in all their past lives, she still had a big heart.
He was so grateful that they had been able to cross paths; he was so grateful to have found her in that way. In these last several thousand years, during the continuous cycles of people being born and then dying, he was able to receive her feelings sent to him from that heart. That's why he could always find her. In that vast universe where they were born under the same star, where they were able to walk in the same era. He was truly grateful for this miracle.
When she was about to sacrifice everything for him again, and he refused to accept it, releasing her from her millennia-old promise, his body and ancient soul underwent a change that made him lose stability. In the end, he returned to her side where he belonged; now, he was more convinced that his destiny was to protect her, and he would do so even if it cost him his life.
But what no one expected and has been the true revelation of this year is Yra's foray into what seems to be a post-futuristic novel, harking back to her beginnings. It's always expected to be something out of the ordinary, but this change has been noticeable. WARS TOYS is still a mystery for the author's book followers (although the cover already gives us an idea that it leans towards the futuristic), but it remains the promise of a great story that, as always, will surely bear the hallmark of its creator.
