Author: mistyzaugg
Brawler Initiation is a closely guarded secret . . . . . . that Kiriai will only discover if she survives. Thrown into a brutal, month-long test in the big leagues, Kiriai fights to prove she deserves her spot as an elite brawler . . . despite how little she wanted it in the first place. But the stakes are high and everyone is depending on her. Back home, her hood desperately needs … hood desperately needs reinforcements or they’ll lose the war. New enemies plot against her, while old enemies sharpen their knives. Will the help of loyal friends…
A brutal tournament. Innocent lives in danger.Kiriai is forced to fight in Southern Core’s prestigious brawler tournament, sending her back into the clutches of Chief Kosui. Her true goal? To steal one of his most closely guarded secrets, right from under his nose.Talk about living dangerously.What else can she do? The fate of gifted children throughout the burb depends on her. Nevermind that … throughout the burb depends on her. Nevermind that this mission might force Sento to choose between his ambitions and their relationship—or that powerful men in her own hood have it in for her and could be…
Stopping an assassination isn’t enough. Kiriai threw herself in front of a poisoned blade to protect her boss and earned the official title of scrapper, a lifelong dream. But, it’s all worthless when she’s forced to stand on her doorstep, powerless to stop burb ’forcers as they whisk her grandfather, a renowned healer, away. She’ll do anything to get him back. Her most powerful allies can’t help … powerful allies can’t help her, especially when a deadly plague descends on their world and sends everyone into a panic. With official channels blocked, Kiriai knows there is only one way to…
Will an assassination plot destroy her dream? Ever since she could make a fist, Kiriai has dreamed of one thing: to stand in front of her people in an official scrapper’s uniform. She is one fight away from making that happen; a brutal team battle against their rivals. If she loses, she’ll be sent back to the mundane life of a healer’s apprentice, banned forever from the arena. Sento, Kiriai’s … arena. Sento, Kiriai’s sponsor and teammate, comes from a broken family victimized by those in power. Winning this battle is his chance to fight back, gain respect and protect…
In her world, single combat decides everything.It’s her sixteenth birthday and Kiriai has a big decision to make. Will she fight for her dream to battle in the arena? Or buckle under her grandfather’s pressure to become a healer?Her best friend Eigo is an outcast from his scrounger family. On a recent expedition into the wastelands, he found a peculiar birthday gift for Kiriai—an AI trainer from … Kiriai—an AI trainer from a centuries-old, martial arts game. Could it give her the advantage she needs? Will Kiriai win the fight that decides her future?An impossible deadline, a persuasive mentor, and…