ZCN & Friends: The Angel's Curse

By Crk

How can you hope to win the battle when the villain is yourself?

Zena, a headstrong twelve-year-old, has always felt proud to be the Angel of Battle's Vessel and to aid Nem in the conquest of protecting Imaginationville (I*V). That is, until her greatest hero gave up fighting. Zena refuses to believe it, though, and she rises up to fight in the Angel of Battle's place.

Then, I*V crumbles. Prairies spontaneously combust, history rewrites itself, and a corroded mass of land bubbles at the north pole of the world. Zena forgets herself and her goal, chasing the suggestions of her new friends and fighting invisible enemies. Voices call out to her from inside her head. Her confidence is pitted away as everything she once mastered and loved is rearranged and desecrated before her eyes.

Then Volea Villain, an odious presence taking the image of Zena's abusive grandmother, rises from the ash. I*V's land corrodes at her feet, and monster dogs run rampant, enslaving the citizens. The worst part is that Volea Villain can't be defeated, even by the Angel of Battle. Even worse, her presence reigns in both reality and fantasy, and her dehumanizing remarks are starting to stick in Zena's head. But Zena must fight back. That's all she's known. And nothing will stop her and her friends from fighting for their world back-even if the Angel of Battle insists there's nothing left worth fighting for.

The first book in the ZCN/Ties Series

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F6MMRRNN
• ISBN13: 9798230589877
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Crk
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7