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Episode One of The OtherLand Chronicles
A Novella of 100 pages.
17-year-old Alia, a street-smart recent Brooklynite, is disdainful of the warnings to stay in after dark in her new suburban neighborhood. What could possibly be lurking in the tidy greenways between the upscale houses?
And yet, it’s hard to ignore that something odd is going on here. Strangers keep mistaking her for a girl named Mikhaila, a girl who has mysteriously disappeared. The bodies of four other girls have been found, untouched, but undeniably dead. And at twilight, she meets the enigmatic and disconcerting Bartholomew, a boy who has secrets and burdens he cannot share.
The animals are acting oddly, the suburbs are crawling with danger, and everything seems to come back to Bartholomew and a group of recent immigrants with unusual customs, including being forbidden to mix romantically with the locals. When Bartholomew asks Alia to stand in for the missing Mikhaila, she’s drawn against her will into a hidden and compelling world where her heart—and her very life—are at extreme risk.
Episode One of The OtherLand Chronicles. Look for ECHO, Episode Two, in May; and DARK, Episode Three in June
A Novella of 100 pages.
17-year-old Alia, a street-smart recent Brooklynite, is disdainful of the warnings to stay in after dark in her new suburban neighborhood. What could possibly be lurking in the tidy greenways between the upscale houses?
And yet, it’s hard to ignore that something odd is going on here. Strangers keep mistaking her for a girl named Mikhaila, a girl who has mysteriously disappeared. The bodies of four other girls have been found, untouched, but undeniably dead. And at twilight, she meets the enigmatic and disconcerting Bartholomew, a boy who has secrets and burdens he cannot share.
The animals are acting oddly, the suburbs are crawling with danger, and everything seems to come back to Bartholomew and a group of recent immigrants with unusual customs, including being forbidden to mix romantically with the locals. When Bartholomew asks Alia to stand in for the missing Mikhaila, she’s drawn against her will into a hidden and compelling world where her heart—and her very life—are at extreme risk.
Episode One of The OtherLand Chronicles. Look for ECHO, Episode Two, in May; and DARK, Episode Three in June
108 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 8, 2014
About the author
Lark O'Neal
20 books63 followersLark O’Neal has waited tables, dispensed drugs to schizophrenics, loaded trucks, answered phones in a call center and tended bar, but the only thing she ever really wanted was to write novels. She writes new adult contemporary romance and paranormal young adult.
As a noted romance and women's fiction writers, she has won many awards for her books, and writes full time from Colorado.
Going the Distance series:
Random, November '13
Stoked, February '14
Epic, August 28, 2014
Brilliant, Winter, 14
The OtherLands Chronicles, a series of novellas
Mirror, April '14
Echo, May '14
#3 , June '14
#4-9 coming in 2014
As a noted romance and women's fiction writers, she has won many awards for her books, and writes full time from Colorado.
Going the Distance series:
Random, November '13
Stoked, February '14
Epic, August 28, 2014
Brilliant, Winter, 14
The OtherLands Chronicles, a series of novellas
Mirror, April '14
Echo, May '14
#3 , June '14
#4-9 coming in 2014
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March 18, 2018
Mirror is a rather atmospheric YA freebie. It reminded me a little of Chime with a smidgeon of The Poison Diaries. The writing is poetic and a little bit flowery, but not excessively so (though probably not well suited to those of you who prefer their prose stripped back). The story is heady with music, plant lore and hints of mythology that I can't quite put my finger on. Well worth a look, folks!
December 15, 2014
Lots of prospectives but its like madly.
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