Mia and the Lightcasters

Description

Twelve-year old Mia has always dreamed of being an umbra tamer. Like many other cities, Nubis has been plunged into Darkness by the shadowy Reaper King - a figure the children of Nubis only know in their nightmares, and through horrible rhymes warning them to stay safely inside the city walls. When the Reaper King's minions capture her parents and take over the city, Mia, her friends and her little brother must travel across the Nightmare Plains to reach Stella, the City of Light. But getting there isn't going to be easy. Mia must learn to harness her umbra taming abilities if she stands any chance of confronting the king and rescuing her parents. If she can't, she'll lose her soul, and her family, to the Darkness forever. . . Mia and the Lightcasters is the first in a bold, cinematic, commercial new three book series, perfect for fans of Percy Jackson, Katie Tsang and Abi Elphinstone.

Janelle is an author and fully-fledged gamer. Having started writing and querying at only sixteen years-old, she joined JULA in her early twenties. After graduating from Royal Holloway University with a Criminology and Sociology degree, Janelle moved back home to London, and began writing middle-grade fantasy. In her free time, you can find her holed up in her room, gaming and watching anime, or attending numerous comic cons and gaming events. Her FAB Prize winning story - Mia and the Lightcasters - was acquired by Faber in a major auction.

'This book has everything I love: cinematic world-building, a page-turning adventure, pulse-pounding action scenes and characters so vivid I miss them already.' A. F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief 'Thrilling . . . a wonderful adventure.' L. D. Lapinski, author of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency 'A fresh, wild, gripping adventure.' Kieran Larwood, author of The Legend of Podkin One-Ear 'A thrilling, highly imaginative and action-packed fantasy.' Louie Stowell, author of Otherland and Loki 'I absolutely loved it.' Tola Okogwu, author of Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun 'A deliciously dark and magical world that video game fanatics will devour.' Aisha Bushby, author of A Flash of Fireflies