Heliopause Productions is proud to present:
Lucena in the House of Madgrin
Lucena Clarian Ashmoor has never hatched a feathered serpent from an egg. She has never befriended a sombulus—a monster that looks like a giant spider, eats darkness, and likes reading books. She has never ridden a magic horse. She has spent all her life with relatives who would prefer she were elsewhere, and so sent her away to the nastiest school imaginable. There she has been bullied, and told so many times that she was dumb and fat and useless that she almost came to believe it. She has never been popular, and never done anything remotely heroic.
All this changes the night a vampire attacks her school and Lucena is tumbled into a world wider, darker, more magical and more mysterious than any she could have imagined. Here she will find the forgotten egg, meet the shade-eating spider, ride the black mare with coal-fire eyes, fight vampires, dance with fairies, and find—in time—that she might be a hero after all.
In her starred review on Independent Book Review, Melissa Suggitt calls Lucena “a richly imaginative journey.”
And, “The artwork does more than decorate the narrative; it deepens the gothic atmosphere, capturing the eerie elegance of Madgrin and the dreamlike quality of the house. These visual moments feel like glimpses into a strange fairy tale manuscript, reinforcing the novel’s storybook quality.”
Read the whole review here.
- Publication date: June 9 2020
- ISBN: 978-1-945781-14-8 (paperback), 978-1-945781-16-2 (hardcover)
- FICTION>Fantasy>General/Historical
- Author suggests suitability for readers ages 9 and up
- Compare with Harry Potter, The Chrestomanci Books, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.
- Interior Illustrations: YES
- Setting: Antellonia
- Series: Standalone
- Connections: The Adventures of Bouragner Felpz
Retailer and Library information:
E-book edition available on Overdrive. Paperback edition distributed by Amazon KDP. Hardcover edition distributed by Lulu.
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