Riyu
Riyu has learned to live safely, quietly, and cautiously. But beneath her ordinary life lies a forgotten self, waiting for the moment she is forced to become more than she believes she can be.
The Fire Tree Series
The Fire Tree
A fantasy series about transformation, forgotten lives, and the hidden worlds that wait beyond ordinary life.
Some lives are lived once. Some are forgotten. And some wait beyond the edge of the world, ready to begin again.
In The Fire Tree series, ordinary life opens into hidden realms where memory, magic, and transformation are bound together. Follow Riyu as she crosses from the world we know into places where lost companions may not be truly gone, dragons protect a wounded world, and becoming yourself may be the most difficult journey of all.
For readers who wonder what else life could become
The Fire Tree is for those drawn to stories about second chances, hidden strength, lost memories, and the courage it takes to change after years of choosing safety.
The Worlds
Three connected realities
Three realities. One hidden connection. And memories that do not stay buried.
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Another World
The familiar world of ordinary life, work, memory, science, and forgetting.
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Inner World
A quieter realm of villages, coastlines, forests, and hidden transitions.
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Outer World
A vast magical realm where dragons protect a wounded land and the trials reveal what people are made of.
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The Books
The Fire Tree series
Two books in the series so far. More are forming.
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The Fire Tree
A Magical Journey
A literary portal-fantasy about Riyu, a scientist who feels her life slipping into quiet routine, and a mysterious passage that leads her into another world.
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The Blue Heart
Book Two. The world beneath the surface begins to call.
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Meet the Characters
Characters
Some have forgotten too much. Some remember what they should not. And some are still waiting for Riyu to become herself.
New Reader Safe New Reader Safe Lenny / Leander
A healer and protector whose calm hides patience of a deeper kind. He answers most questions plainly. The ones he doesn’t are the ones to watch.
New Reader Safe Grandma
Warm, clever, stubborn. She has lived alongside the worlds long enough to know when to speak and when to let a story arrive on its own.
New Reader Safe Ikar
A horse of unusual presence. Loyal in a way that feels older than his years.
Lost Pages
Fragments from the worlds
Fragments, legends, and quiet moments from the worlds behind the books.
New Reader Safe A Night Under the Leafwatcher
A quiet glimpse of village life in the Inner World.
Coming soonNew Reader Safe The Legend of the Diamond Cave
A tale told by those who fear beautiful places that do not let visitors leave.
Coming soonNew Reader Safe When Pets Cross Worlds
A gentle note about the bond between humans and animals beyond Another World.
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