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Teerah never wanted a crown.Raised on the distant world of War and trained from childhood to become a deadly fighter, Teerah expected years before she would be forced to claim her birthright. Instead, the death of a father she barely knew drags her back to Rain—a world on the brink of rebellion and desperate for a ruler.The moment she arrives, she discovers her greatest battle isn't for the throne. It's keeping it.Rain has never had a queen.Generals plot in the shadows. Rivals question her right to rule. Ancient traditions threaten to crush everything she hopes to become. To survive, Teerah must prove she's every bit as fierce as the kings who came before her.Standing at her side is Corvus, a battle-hardened royal guard sworn to protect the crown at any cost.Honor demands he remain her shield.Desire threatens to make him much more.As enemies close in and war looms across the planet, Teerah and Corvus find themselves caught between duty and a passion neither can deny. But on Rain, love is dangerous, power is earned through blood, and one wrong choice could cost them a kingdom.To save her world, Teerah must become the ruler she was born to be.To keep her heart, she may have to break every rule Rain was built upon.

Design Learning Experiences, Not EventsLearning Experience Design Essentials explores how new instructional designers and those looking to build their skills and align their function to the business can blend content and context to elevate learning experiences. Expert Cara North maps out the skills and capabilities that define the work learning experience design (LXD) professionals do.Cara lays out an LXD process to guide readers in creating effective experiences. It includes the all-important task analysis to understand the shoes your learners walk in while performing at work. Other steps include creating assessments, conducting usability testing, and messaging the why behind the learning experience.Traditional instructional design places undue emphasis on dumping training content on learners through a combination of information, media, and technology. What's missing is the context of how learning happens and the understanding that learning is a process, not a one-time event.This book will help you craft a 30/60/90day plan to apply the concepts throughout. By the end, you'll feel confident saying "yes" to the simple question, "Would you want to take your own learning experiences?"