Severin

by Lara Biyuts

Written in the form of an old manuscript, found in a carved trunk among notes and manuscripts of the Blue Granit Palace Library, the book Severin is a fairy-tale about the young prince of the name of Severin and his adventures.
Books and magic, woodgoblins and dragons, gryphons and castles, love and betrayal. Happy ending.
"What do you do when feeling melancholic? You undertake something which could refresh your mind and body and help to forget your mischief. Princes are like all the rest humans, in general, with the only difference: when getting bored or melancholic, they begin a crusade or battle, going to fight with dragons, or other deeds of the same heroic kind, instead of going to the gym or beginning the next, extemporaneous spring-cleaning. When they begin a heroic quest for fame, any fun ends, for the quest is to be serious and sad but highly of benefit for princes and their people. Heroic deeds should be of benefit. Many various events took place in the world, in the time of Prince Severin and earlier; there was much romantic, heroic, merry and anything. But historians and annalists know fearsome stories as well." (Lara Biyuts. Severin)

Paperback

First published April 16, 2013

About the author

A middle-aged translator and agent seeking young writer. Author of my own photies. My given name has several derivatives and diminutives that I happened to use as a part of my pen-names. A big fan of history and English language and linguistic in general, always in online search, placing reliance on Facebook, the busy place like no other. “I believe in yesterday, for really, history and the past of humankind may be a fascinating subject for a chat; history is my hobby, twists and turns & junctions of time; besides, your own past is the only thing that nobody can take away.”
“Vaulting my novelese,
abetting my hero’s sins,
sponging on marble idols,
I create reality, fluffy as catkin.”