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Back Roads Kingdom
Paperback
Series: The Back Roads Cycle, Book 1
ISBN13: 9781539148296
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Oct 21 2016
Pages: 376
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if taking the wrong road led to another world?
Seventeen-year-old Penny Lazarus lost her twin sister a year ago. The truth behind her death remains elusive, but Penny is determined to honor her legacy by turning her unfinished screenplay into a film. Instead, she stumbles onto something impossible.
Hidden just beyond the West Virginia interstate lies the Back Roads, a secret America where Appalachian folklore, roadside legends, and forgotten myths are terrifyingly real. Here, every person's deepest desire awakens as a supernatural power called a Manifest. Penny's gift lets her become invisible, intangible, and ghost-like-a power she'll need if she hopes to survive.
The Back Roads teem with horrors: giant mosquitoes, snake-handling zealots, hex-casting Conjure Men, and Emperor Sarin, a ruthless tyrant who rules a hell-on-wheels empire built on slavery and fear. Even Death himself keeps showing up-and he's far less dignified than anyone's imagined.
Penny's only allies are a fierce mountain-woman werewolf haunted by her past and a clever werefox thief whose charm may just win Penny's guarded heart.
As Penny ventures deeper into this impossible world, she uncovers a mystery far greater than her sister's death-one that reveals her own world-shattering destiny.
Blending sweeping adventure, dark humor, unforgettable characters, and richly imagined Americana, BACK ROADS KINGDOM is the thrilling first installment of a wildly original coalpunk fantasy saga where every forgotten road leads to wonder-and every mile brings Penny closer to the truth.
BACK ROADS KINGDOM... echoes both The Talisman and The Lord of the Rings. Not easily forgotten-and not to be missed. - Jon Land, USA Today bestselling author
The characters were brilliantly complex... filled with adventure, good-natured hijinks, and some ill-natured trickery... I cannot wait for the second book in the series! - Author Unpublished Blog
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