Bøker av Nathan Everett

After Steven George met and mastered his dragon, he and Madam Selah Welinska traveled together for seven years as he continued to trade Once Upon a Time stories with those he met. Now the King has summoned Steven and Selah has declined to accompany him. The Principality of Rich Reach has been beset by a Terror! No one knows what it is or where it is located, so the King has summoned Steven to find and master his terror as he did his dragon. What is Steven to do, but what he has always done: travel the long road exchanging stories with those he meets. Each Once Upon a Time brings him a step closer to his goal. Steven realizes that just as it had with his dragon, all roads lead to his terror. A tale told in a series of Once Upon a Times.

In an alternate timeline America, societal classes have been well-defined and maintained. The ten classes are not based on wealth, position, or heredity. They are based on each individual's character and proclivities as demonstrated to his or her teachers. Most of Liam Cyning's acquaintances seem pleased with their classification, even victorious. But on his eighteenth birthday Liam is told he has been designated as part of the Leader class and he doesn't know what to do.He is further told that a personal assistant has been hired for him and discovers it is his old elementary school nemesis, Meredith Sauvage, classed as an Advisor. The two of them must overcome ambiguity in the class structure, parental expectations, and their own sometimes adversarial relationship to establish a place at the table for Liam.This story is a Bildungsroman, a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood. With his grandmother as an example and Meredith by his side, Liam evolves from a self-centered boy of privilege to a man people can trust to lead them.