A Pocket Guide to Haven
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Dear Reader,
A POCKET GUIDE TO HAVEN is a fictional booklet created from material that was culled from an early draft of my novel BECOMING DARKNESS and from notes I worked up while developing the book. There were thoughts of perhaps presenting it as an appendix to the novel, but length prevented this, and so I present it here, for those who may seek a little more information on the world in which the novel is set. The guide is written to reflect the rather staid academic bearing of its fictional writers, and to mirror the type of language one might find in a typical guidebook that seeks to edify rather than entertain.
BECOMING DARKNESS is an alternate history YA novel, set in the early part of the twenty-first century, in a world where history took a decidedly different path during World War Two. It is published by Switch Press and was released on October 1st, 2015. The book can be found in bookstores and purchased from on line retailers around the world. For more information visit the Switch Press site:
http://www.capstoneyoungreaders.com/sites/SwitchPress/index.html#.VgswTeRdG01
or go to www.lindsaybrambles.com
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