Asouefic Stories

"The way I see it," I concluded, "when you hit rock bottom... there's nowhere to go but up!" It's 1960 and Lita Caliban, VFD's youngest flaneur and technologist, is in a tricky situation. One of her closest friends has died and along with grief, the fire that took her life has given Lita an opportunity to watch over three plucky and intelligent orphans with a story similar to her own. VFD needs a competent agent; one who can cope with danger, death and destruction. Lita's just the girl they need - but will she and her skills be enough to keep the orphans safe? There will indeed be danger and destruction... and not everyone will get out alive.

Dear reader, If you have stumbled upon this book and are hoping for a fun prequel to the tragic lives of the Baudelaire orphans full of love and friendship, you are sorely mistaken. This early tale is no less hurtful nor unfortunate than the books you know, hate, and hopefully avoid. Therefore if you deny my advice and read on, you will encounter such tragedies as a familiar sorrowful school, the murder of a much-loved teenager, detention, a piano and the true origin of a divided organisation. My job, however, is to research these horrible villains and their childish childhood antics, so I am burdened with the task of writing it down. So I beg of you, please don't read this. Just look away. You'll come to regret not doing so.