
There are cursed princesses to protect, royal alliances to forge and fierce monsters to battle-all with the hope of preserving peace.Ĭould you describe both your pre-and-post contract revision process? What did you learn along the way? How did you feel at each stage? What advice do you have for other writers on the subject of revision?īoy, am I the right person to ask about revisions. Together, Bristal and Brack must guard the three kingdoms of Nissera against Tamarice’s black elicromancy. Tamarice is plotting a quest to overthrow the realm’s nobility and take charge herself. Elicromancers are an ancient breed of immortal people, but only two remain in Nissera after a bloody civil war.īristal joins the ranks of Brack and Tamarice without knowing that one of them has a dark secret. From the promotional copy:īuilding on homages to Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jane Austen’s Emma and the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, Hannah West makes a spectacular and wholly original debut.īristal, a sixteen-year-old kitchen maid, lands in a fairy tale gone wrong when she discovers she has elicromancer magic in her blood. Hannah West is the first-time author of Kingdom of Ash and Briars (Holiday House, 2016).
