Winner of the American Best Book, Readers Favorite, & Bookfest awards. "Alliance is a unique fantasy hybrid that effectively mixes the best of military strategy with equal doses of mysticism." - Reader's Favorite Eighteen-year-old Roy Van Doren's world is flipped upside down when he discovers that his ordinary cabin in the Appalachian Mountains is a portal to another world. Unable to return, Roy is thrust into a fantastic new world of strange cities, flying creatures, and magical stones. But, despite all the beauty, a civil war is brewing. Power issues arise between the authoritarian Alliance, and anyone who stands in their way. As Roy becomes stronger he beings to uncover troubling truths about the Alliance's intentions and their unhealthy interest in off-worlders like him. Will he and his friends survive? Or will the world fall into darkness?