Rize Novella Anthology Volume 3 Book 1: Volume 3

By Riley Straub, Amita Basu, Jaan Tung

This anthology brings together five stories from authors Riley Straub, Susmita Ramani, Rimi B. Chatterjee, Amita Basu, and Jaan Tung. These curated stories explore resilience, ambition, survival, and the human spirit across time, place, and reality itself. From climate-ravaged landscapes and fractured societies to deeply personal journeys shaped by love, betrayal, and identity, each story offers a vivid lens into characters fighting to claim their place in uncertain worlds. " Over the Mountains, Into the Plains" by Riley Straub After a climate-change disaster forces mass southern migration, a father must protect his daughter as they drive away from the cold and build shelter. Years later, his daughter becomes restless and wants out of their cabin, but when a group of men find their location, the family must stick together and fight. " The Peacock Gem" by Susmita Ramani Set in 1930 India, The Peacock Gem follows the multi-generational saga of two sisters, Dharma and Sasi, chronicling their deeply intertwined lives and children's lives, in which much of their fates hinge on an ancient gold medallion-shaped hair ornament with the form of a gemstone peacock on its face. The narrative explores themes of loss, consequences based on wrong assumptions or mistaken intentions, and redemption. " Zigsa's Karma Sutra: Puzzle On" by Rimi B. Chatterjee In the Antisense Universe, people keep building paradises in the face of tyranny. It's only after they lose everything and vanish from the known world that they build one they can keep. " Last Holiday," by Amita Basu Calcutta in the 1990s is sleepy, backwards, and stifling. Two teenage girls - one affluent and ambitious, the other uneducated and impoverished - prepare to run away together and start life on their own. " Fix the Sky" by Jaan Tung At the heart of the Fardene Empire, a young man is captured and put on trial by the society's elite for daring to collect four of the five Orbs capable of repairing the mysterious crack in the sky, a feat that many heroes (consisting of mostly their family and friends) had died trying to achieve. Together, these stories form a dynamic and thought-provoking anthology that celebrates endurance, rebellion, and the transformative power of hope-- even in the face of overwhelming odds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H13XKQDK
• ISBN13: 9798902740117
• Release Date: March 2028
• Publisher: Rize
• Length: 384 Pages