Niha's Curse

Niha's Curse

by Cynthia Díaz Del Solar · November 2025

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Dear Reader,

I've loved dragons since I was a child. I've always been fascinated by these magnificent creatures, their power, their wisdom, and the worlds we imagine around them.

But when I began writing Dragon Memories, I wanted to explore something beyond their magic.

What happens when the rules you've followed your entire life begin to conflict with what you believe is right? How much of who we become is determined by duty, circumstance, or the choices we make?

Through Set, Niha, and the characters you'll meet along the way, I wanted to explore those questions without necessarily providing the answers.

Because I believe that stories are not just about what happens to their characters, but about the decisions they make when confronted with the unexpected.

Niha's Curse is the beginning of a much larger journey, and I'm delighted that you've decided to be part of it.

I hope you enjoy discovering this world as much as I've enjoyed creating it.

Cynthia Díaz Del Solar

Author of the Dragon Memories Saga

— Cynthia Díaz Del Solar

About Niha's Curse

Told through the journals of Set, an Ice dragon apprentice bound by the Dragon Code, Niha's Curse is a dark fantasy novel written from a non-human perspective. For more than seven centuries, Set has known only silence, duty, and unquestioning obedience. Hidden high above the world by his enigmatic master, his future has already been decided. Everything changes when he encounters Niha — a mysterious Light Wizard whose arrival shatters the isolation he has always accepted as his destiny. When an unexpected spell binds their lives together, dragon law, ancient powers, and impossible choices begin to unravel everything Set believes to be true. As danger closes in, Set must decide whether unquestioning obedience is enough… or whether some truths are worth breaking the Dragon Code for.

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Cynthia Díaz Del Solar

Cynthia Díaz Del Solar is a Chilean author and literary analyst based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. She writes in both English and Spanish and is the author of the Dragon Memories trilogy: Niha's Curse, Drift, and The Memory Remains. Her writing interests include fantasy, philosophy, mythology, nonhuman points of view, memory, justice, identity, and the relationship between individuals and the societies around them. Her fiction combines character-driven storytelling with detailed worldbuilding, including cultures, institutions, laws, magic systems, geography, and biological rules designed to continue shaping events beyond any single protagonist. Alongside her fiction, Cynthia created Salsa Analysis, a bilingual storytelling and criticism framework that examines stories through interconnected narrative ingredients. Her work with the framework spans written analysis, video, audio commentary, and workshops focused on how storytelling choices function individually and as part of a complete narrative experience.

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