Road of the Lost
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- £6.49
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- £6.49
Publisher Description
“A beautifully mythic world rich with heart and charming characters, Road of the Lost tells a powerful tale of self-discovery that…held me wholly enchanted until the end.” —Ashley Shuttleworth, author of A Dark and Hollow Star
Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince, this gorgeous young adult fantasy follows a girl who discovers she’s spent her life under an enchantment hiding her true identity on her quest into the magical Otherworld to unlock her powers and discover her destiny.
Even the most powerful magic can’t hide a secret forever.
Croi is a brownie, glamoured to be invisible to humans. Her life in the Wilde Forest is ordinary and her magic is weak—until the day that her guardian gives Croi a book about magick from the Otherworld, the world of the Higher Fae. Croi wakes the next morning with something pulling at her core, summoning her to the Otherworld. It’s a spell she cannot control or break.
Forced to leave her home, Croi begins a journey full of surprises…and dangers. For Croi is not a brownie at all but another creature entirely, enchanted to forget her true heritage. As Croi ventures beyond the forest, her brownie glamour begins to shift and change. Who is she really, who is summoning her, and what do they want? Croi will need every ounce of her newfound magic and her courage as she travels a treacherous path to find her true self and the place in the Otherworld where she belongs.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Azad (The Wild Ones) elevates a traditional quest narrative with a vividly imagined fantasy setting in this sweeping adventure. Sixteen-year-old Croi is a brownie, a being invisible to humans who lives in the fae-populated Wilde Forest and was raised by the Hag, Croi's forbidding "part stone, part memory, and part tree" guardian. Croi has always been fascinated by humans, often venturing into the neighboring village to observe them, until suddenly, her invisibility fails her. Upon returning to the Wilde Forest, the Hag reveals a startling truth: Croi is not actually a brownie, but something else entirely, and her memories of her past and heritage are locked away beneath layers of magic. After the Hag gives her a book of advanced spells, Croi feels an instinctual magical pull summoning her to the Higher Fae realm— the Otherworld. As Croi ventures further into the Otherworld, she encounters traps, beguilements, and other dangers she must survive if she hopes to strip away the layered enchantments and unearth her memories. Though abstract prose occasionally stalls narrative flow, the keenly developed and complex cast deftly propel the fast-paced plot. Ages 14–up.
