The Araleya Saga

Name: The Tethered Worlds of Araleya
Author: Stephen River

Tethered Worlds • Immeasurable Courage

In a land ruled by cruelty, one quiet dreamer is drawn across the unseen boundary into a realm untouched by suffering. Some doorways change everything.

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A World Woven in Mystery

In the spaces between worlds, where shadows remember what light forgets, there exists a web of ancient connections binding realms together. The Araleya Saga is an epic fantasy journey through lands steeped in nature's oldest magic and humanity's deepest questions about power, sacrifice, and belonging.

This is fantasy for readers who seek depth beneath wonder, who find themselves drawn to stories where the natural world pulses with consciousness and every choice ripples across the fabric of existence itself.

"All that truly matters now rests in the hands of those who dare to believe."

Volume One · Now Available

The Tethered Worlds of Araleya

The Araleya Saga · Volume I

In a land ruled by cruelty, Araleya—an unassuming peasant and quiet dreamer—lives a life as small as it is safe. But when her dreams are noticed by a world outside of time, she is drawn across the unseen boundary into a realm untouched by suffering.

Years later, she is gently asked to return—without explanation, armed only with a "wee sword" and the weight of an uncertain purpose she cannot yet understand. What follows is a perilous journey into the heart of darkness. Ancient forces stir. Unlikely allies gather. And the iron hand of power will stop at nothing to crush the mysterious threat she poses.

Epic Fantasy 524 Pages Volume One of the Five-Book Saga Character-Driven Connected Worlds

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Volume Two · Now Available

Seven Seats of Lenlore

The Araleya Saga · Volume II

Along with new friends sworn to protect her, Araleya is captured and taken with her band of protectors deep into the wilderness known as the Rawlenlore—her captors want to find out if she is indeed the owner of a Ryndulber, someone chosen to hold in her hand the fabled sword of a time long past. A sword with mystical meaning in the histories of all those present in the Great Hall.

After a fierce battle to reach the legendary Great Hall, it is there that Araleya must face the question, whether she is a mythical Nyralae—if there really is such a one—or a simple witch needing to die. Araleya's only hope lies in this fabled place—a place steeped in legend, where the past and future intertwine in a dance of power, magic, and impossible choices.

In the heart of Rawlenlore, a woman's fate now hangs in the balance, as do the lives of those who believe she deserves their protection. Before their time there is over, each must decide their own fate; and enemies must bury their ancient hatreds if any good is to come from their days in the greatest hall of all, the Great Hall of Rawlenlore. In the second volume of the Araleya saga, the stakes are even higher, as deepest secrets are revealed and dangers increase.

Epic Fantasy 408 Pages Volume Two of the Five-Book Saga Character-Driven Connected Worlds

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Beyond the Veil

Tethered Worlds

Each realm holds secrets that echo through all the others

The Realm Untouched

A world outside of time, where suffering has never taken root. Here the forgotten are remembered, and dreamers find doorways that others cannot see.

Lands of Cruelty

Where empires tremble and the iron hand of power crushes all who oppose it. Yet in the darkest corners, the forgotten rise and unlikely allies gather.

The Unseen Boundary

The liminal space between worlds where Araleya was first drawn across. A threshold that separates realities—and connects them in ways no one fully understands.

The Storyteller

Stephen River

Stephen River is a U.S.-born novelist and screenwriter best known for his epic fantasy series Araleya, which spans five volumes and explores richly imagined realms filled with magic, myth, and moral conflict. Drawing on a deep love of world-building and narrative tradition, his work invites comparison to genre-defining sagas like The Lord of the Rings.

In addition to writing fiction, River works across various creative disciplines—including screenwriting, voice work, and visual storytelling—which inform the cinematic scope and emotional depth of his novels.

He currently divides his time between writing, illustrating, and developing new projects rooted in fantasy and speculative fiction.