Sweet Success for Merida Bass and Catherine Dilts

Published July 31, 2025

Merida Bass and Catherine Dilts are excited to announce the release of the first two books in their Tapestry Tales series. This project has been years in development. Now the series is racing into publication, with both FRAYED DREAMS (Book One) and BROKEN STRANDS (Book Two) available in e-book and paperback formats. Merida and Catherine are grateful to Pikes Peak Writers and the PPWC for giving them the confidence to move forward with their YA science fiction series.

ABOUT THE BOOK  In a world where the Tapestry monitors every breath and thought, a secret is hard to hide. Especially one this devastating.

In the year 2291, humans live under the protection of the Tapestry, connected by Threads implanted in their brains to gently regulate their lives. When African American high school student Nia Beckett and injured teen athlete Jagrav Mahjajan are abruptly disconnected from the Tapestry, everything they believed was true unravels. 

As they develop their newly discovered Talents, Nia and Jag form alliances with a Senator’s son, a Viking girl, and a mysterious silkie chicken. Nia attempts to recruit eco-warrior superhero Breaker to their activist group, Teens For Earth, to save the jungle.

In the depths of a secret lab, Ando the squirrel monkey awakens to a Talent so powerful, he could save the planet – or doom them all. Does the fate of the world rest on his small shoulders?

FRAYED DREAMS is available from Amazon, as well as BROKEN STRANDS, also from Amazon.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS  Ann Belice is the pen name shared by the mother-daughter writing team of Catherine Dilts and Merida Bass. She is the one voice who speaks for the two authors and often has a mind all her own. Catherine Dilts and Merida Bass writing as Ann Belice. Follow the authors on Substack and Instagram.