A THOUSAND BROKEN ROADS · BOOK ONE
Until the Root May Hear
She was taught that wanting was dangerous. She was never told why.
THE STORY
Lise has spent her life learning the difference between what she wants and what she is permitted to want.
In a world where obedience is mistaken for goodness and longing can be a dangerous thing, she has learned to make herself smaller than her dreams. But some desires refuse to disappear simply because they have been denied.
When an unexpected possibility begins to unravel the certainties of her carefully ordered life, Lise finds herself drawn toward something she has never been allowed to imagine: a future she might choose for herself.
Yet beneath the familiar promises of transformation and happily ever after lies a far older mystery. One that asks not only what Lise is willing to risk for the life she desires, but whether those desires have ever truly belonged to her.
What if the most dangerous thing a woman could do, was want something for herself?
THE STORY IS ONLY BEGINNING
Twelve stories. One broken history.
Until the Root May Hear opens the world of A Thousand Broken Roads, where familiar fairy tales conceal forgotten histories, dangerous desires, and choices that change everything.
FROM THE BROKEN ROADS
Some things do not belong in the official story.
Letters from Alaina James, with glimpses behind A Thousand Broken Roads, early looks at new work, buried pieces of the world, and occasional things meant only for readers who know where to look.