Snow ✓

Sixty orbits have passed since the faeries lost the Great War against the mortals and were pushed to the brink of extinction. Those that remain inhabit the Holókaustos, trapped by a curse, rotting away between this world and the next. That is, until a bastard halfling with something to prove concocts an escape plan involving a girl born of mortal blood and magic.

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A girl with a peculiar pedigree is dumped on a stranger's doorstep during the worst snowstorm the hamlet Myst has ever known. Selectively mute, she refuses to tell her hosts from whence she came and her name. For lack of knowing what else to do, the crotchety old woman and her grandson Mat grant her sanctuary and take to calling her Snow. But her very existence disrupts their daily lives.

The mystery comes to a head when a dead man is discovered in the front yard after the first serious thaw. Strangers turned ragtag confidants, they dispose of the body. Orbits pass without incident, slackening their resolve to keep the girl their best-kept secret. When Mat introduces her to an old friend with his own dangerous secret, he threatens all they hold dear. The world's suddenly at their door, and it quickly becomes clear that Snow's meant for greater things.

A story of loss, friendship and all the grit in between.

#15 in fantasy | December 2018
#10 in adventure | December 2018
#4 in world building | December 2018
#1 in speculative fiction | December 2018
#2 in quest | September 2018
#3 in fairies | September 2018
#7 in scifi-fantasy | September 2018
#123 in new adult | August 2018
#183 in fairytale | August 2018
#2 in human experimentation | July 2018

First installment of an intended series.

Rated PG-13