Due to a fortuitous combination of luck, caution and common sense, Lucy makes it to fourteen without seeing the Mist – carnivorous, ravenous, rolling in through the forest from the sea every few years. Then her mother sends her to the forest for potion ingredients. Determined to prove her maturity, Lucy goes eagerly. What she finds will change both her life and the lives of her family and village – forever. A rich dark fantasy for everyone who believes in doing whatever it takes to keep your loved ones safe.
Author
Amy Laurens is an Australian author of fantasy fiction for both adults and young adults. She has lived in the same city all her life, which other people think is boring; she prefers to think of it as stable. At present, Amy lives with husband, brand new baby, and two yellow Labradors who think they are lapdogs. Surprisingly, the dogs are the most jealous of the time Amy spends on the laptop. After a university education involving many twists and turns, Amy is a high school English teacher at an all-girls school by day. By night, she is a story-writing goddess; at least, that’s what she tells herself to get the words done, and since it seems to work, let’s not disillusion her. Her short fiction has appeared in magazines such as Allegory, Tower of Light Fantasy, and AlienSkin, and in Tyche Publishing's Ride The Moon anthology.
