Dragons & Viking Queens: Journeys of Becoming
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Some crowns are made of gold. Some are made of fire. All of them have to be earned.
In the small Viking village of Kandstead, six-year-old ARae Solter has never been very good at being quiet, very good at being patient, or very good at being anything other than exactly, loudly, herself. When her restless Uncle Tobin sails home with a beard full of beads and a head full of stories, ARae’s small life cracks wide open — into nearby kingdoms, an island of echoing stones, a village guarded by a troll no one dares to befriend, and a crown that doesn’t seem to fit anyone the way it’s supposed to. To wear it, ARae will have to learn the one lesson no one can teach her: that becoming a queen has very little to do with a crown, and everything to do with deciding who you already are.
North of the mountains, in a fog that hasn’t lifted in longer than anyone can remember, a dragon named Seraphine is lost — not on a map, but inside herself. She doesn’t know her own name. She doesn’t know she is one of seven Guardian Dragons, bound to protect a world from a Shadow that wants nothing more than to be forgotten. To find her way home, Seraphine will have to fly straight into the dark she has spent her whole life running from — and discover that the thing she fears most about herself is the very thing the world needs her to become.
Two heroes. Two worlds. One story, told twice — and only the beginning of a much bigger one.
Dragons & Viking Queens is the opening volume of The Crown of Flames, a ten-book saga in which every member of this unlikely crew — human, animal, troll, and dragon alike — will receive a hero’s journey of their own. Each volume closes with a personal letter from the author, gently unpacking the mythic and psychological ideas woven into the story — and inviting readers of any age to begin a quest of their own.
MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY / AGES 8–12 / ALL-AGES CROSSOVER
About the Author: Tiffany Solter, PhD, is the founder of Solter Adventures, where she writes, speaks, and creates with one guiding mission: to create magic and live authentically.
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About the author
Tiffany Solter, PhD is a mental health professional, educator, advocate, and lifelong seeker of magic whose writing explores the boundaries between life, death, justice, and the profound connections that define us. Born into a family of mountain people spanning Wyoming and Colorado, she grew up shaped, largely, by two grandmothers who taught her, one through train journeys across the West, the other chasing shooting stars across the plains, that anything is possible.
A survivor of a near-death experience in 1996, Solter spent decades integrating what she encountered in that "warm place where light is everything" into a life of healing work, academic achievement, and fierce advocacy. She holds a doctorate with a dissertation on grace and recovery, and has worked alongside peer counselors, nurses, and mental health teams she considers among the most transformative teachers of her life.
Her advocacy voice is unflinching and deeply personal. In "Be a Man": The Violence Society Ignores, Solter turns her clinical expertise and lived experience toward a crisis our culture has long refused to see: domestic violence against men. Drawing on research, survivor accounts, and her own family history, she challenges the archetypal and institutional blind spots that leave male victims invisible, unbelieved, and without adequate resources. The book is equal parts gripping fiction, Jungian psychological analysis, and practical call to action. It is complete with resource guides for survivors, supporters, military families, and children. It is the work of someone who has sat in clinical rooms with these men, loved them as family, and refused to stay silent.
She lives in what she calls Camelot, a home she and her husband Jeff manifested in childhood whispers, surrounded by family, familiars, motorcycles, and what she simply calls the magic.
“Between Worlds” is her memoir. "Be a Man" is her battle cry.
For more information, visit: solteradventures.tiiny.site; Contact: solteradventures@gmail.com
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