People have been asking me what my children’s novel is all about. It is an adventure novel written for children and features a nine-year old hero named Alex DaSilva. Alex is an extremely bright kid who grew up with bedtime stories read to him by his parents every night. He lost his father about a year ago and his mother vowed to keep that tradition alive. Needless to say, Alex has become an expert on fairy tales knowing them inside and out.

When the story was first written as a script for a feature film, I wrote the following synopsis.  It is a brief description on what the story is all about:

One by one, our most treasured fairy tale legends are growing dark.  A malevolent sorcerer, seduced by a lust for power, embarks on a quest to destroy the happy endings of the timeless tales of our childhood.  And worse yet, the world doesn’t even realize it is happening … save one.  A young boy, named Alex DaSilva, takes notice of these changes.  He can see the toll it has on the world around him.  One night, he awakens from his sleep to find himself in the Hall of a Thousand Doors.  Beyond each door lies a different tale from the bedtime stories he has heard all his life.  Soon he realizes that he has not only the knowledge to set things right but he has the power as well and it is up to him to  fight the growing darkness in the land of fairy tales.

If you liked the adventures of Harry Potter or Percy Jackson, then I am sure you will like this story.