Adventures in the Middle Ages and space in the works of Arina Alison

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Today there are many books written in the fantasy genre about "hitmen". The brave heroes of male authors save the country, the state and the world as a whole. For women writers, a charming heroine protects the peaceful life of the population, but in most cases, she finds her love, and the stories end with a wedding.

Unusual movement

This is what distinguishes the works of Arina Alison. Nothing is known about the author: her biography, not how many years, where she studied and lives. Maybe this is the creative pseudonym of a man?

All books by Arina Alison are a cycle of five stories "Everyone chooses for themselves" about the adventures of Sergei Stashev, a former school teacher, and part-time tutor-bodyguard of his nephews, whom he looked after at the request of his sister and businessman-in-law. By chance or aliens, Sergey, having fallen asleep on the plane, wakes up in the body of a twelve-year-old girl, Lionella Grossaro ("Debt is red in payment"). There are many stories where the heroes find themselves in the body of a resident of another world, but in a mortal shell of the same gender as them! And herea man in a child's body, and it would be okay for a boy, but he became a girl !!! And most importantly, he does not reflect, does not hysteria, does not smash the castle to pieces, but perceives all events quite easily, as if it were necessary, as if he already knows cases of moving into the earthly shell of the opposite sex.

Finding out all the circumstances of his move (it was the impudent Lionella who performed the ritual in the hope of helping her family), Sergei decides to fulfill the desire of the young countess.

Defending the Throne

In Arina Alison's second book "The Duchess", Sergey, and now Lionella, having married two brothers and married a couple of sisters, must not only help keep the throne for her second sister Nirana and her husband (the king of a neighboring country), but and keep them alive. And what kind of regent, hungry for power, would agree to give up the throne just like that, especially if his own daughter is growing up?! So the Countess Grossaro, by marriage the Duchess of Warinsky, has to join the wedding cortege.

And here is the result of all my efforts - I am traveling as part of the royal motorcade as the personal guard of the Queen and my sister, part-time.

Arina Alison puts her characters in comical situations. For example: having arranged an enchanting entry into the capital, Lionella, with her oratory, immediately provided the royal couple with the support of the people. Having settled in the castle and organizing training fights in the rooms of the palace, Lionella along the way tries to contribute to the political marriage of her king's son andprincess of this state, and even finds a groom for one of her sisters. Having prevented assassination attempts on the king and queen, having eliminated the regent and those dissatisfied with power, Duchess Warinsky accompanies the crown prince and his wife home.

New meetings

Although Arina Alison officially published only two books "Debt in payment is red" and "The Duchess", the other three books can be found on the Internet on samizdat websites. Serge's adventures continue in space: he returned to his former body, met representatives of other alien races, underwent rejuvenation and gained the ability to change his appearance. While traveling, Sergei came to the outskirts of the Galaxy and heard a signal for help given by Mriya, nee Christina, who was punished by the universe with the fulfillment of her desires.

In the fifth part of Arina Alison's adventures "The wish is fulfilled - it remains to survive" describes the life of the secondary heroine Christina-Megumi-Mriya before meeting Sergey.

Desire Punishment

Christina studied at the university, lived in her own apartment bought by her mother, met with friends, but constantly felt lonely. Parents each lived their own lives, friends got married and had children, she never met a guy who was close in spirit. And Christina wished to return to her childhood, in which her relatives read fairy tales to her and took care of her, where she did not have to worry about anything. wished? Get it - sign it … The girl hit specifically, but not just anywhere, but in the body of a ten-year-old girl from 2628year.

-Yes, really… We got two fools, one big and the other small, the fulfillment of a wish. Here are just a feeling of joy from the result, for some reason does not arise.

Coming to the conclusion that life goes on and you have to adapt to new circumstances, the newly-minted Megumi Bardo arranges her move from a guardian to an expensive boarding school. After completing her training, Megumi gets a job as an interplanetary courier. Once again, her life changes dramatically.

-God! Oh, in vain I recently read so much about noble knights and beautiful ladies, I dreamed of my own house. You have to be more modest, more modest.

Having been shipwrecked on a planet where times very roughly resembled the period of Ancient Rome on Earth, and the woman was a nobody and there was no way to call her, Megumi, calling herself Mriya, the daughter of the governor, becomes the wife of one of the governors of the provinces. Having passed all the tests, Mriya, returning to his damaged ship, gives a distress signal, not even hoping for a result. Sergei heard the call and took Mriya from this planet.

Space epic never ends - try to plunge into Arina Alison's books, you won't regret it!