Book 7: The Giant Slayer
Europe:
birthplace of Grimms' Fairy Tales. An unfamiliar land, brimming with
its own breed of Corrupted who hide in the shadows, growing more evil
with each passing day. For modern-day hero Alice Goodenough, this is
more than enough to worry about. But she also has a fencing tournament
to think about.
And
a promise to keep with Sam Grayle, a Corrupted dwarf who schemes for
more and more wealth. When their train breaks down in a small town in
eastern Hungary, Alice finds the legacy of the hero is alive and well.
Corrupted have visited this town before, and they aren't quite
vanquished just yet. There's one left, hiding away, biding his time to
enact a terrible price on his enemies. A little creature with big, big
plans ...
Werewolves. Vampires. Giants. Europe is a different place with new dangers, new monsters and new surprises.
Book 8: Darkness Rising
200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm brought their stories to life.
But
why? The question has haunted the heroes for two centuries, and no one
has come close to the truth. Alice Goodenough will learn the terrible
truth. And it will come at a terrible cost.
The
fencing tournament is in just a few short days. Alice's team is
hopelessly outmatched, facing off against fencers who have more
experience and an inhuman amount of energy. But the other fencers also
have a special drug, one that Alice's team can use to even the playing
field. Whether they should take the drug or not threatens to tear the
team apart.
Meanwhile,
Alice must live up to her agreement with Sam Grayle, who lusts after a
hidden treasure that once belonged to the Corrupted. Alice must team up
with a group of explorers and delve deep into a forbidden cave that
holds more secrets than any of them expected.
Book 9: Malevolence
The
Malevolence has been biding its time inside Castle Vontescue, but now
Alice must finally confront it. The very same evil force that brought
the Grimms' fairy tales to life now threatens the hero and all she holds
dear. No one is safe in the darkness.
But
what, exactly, is this centuries-old creature? To find that out, Br'er
Rabbit will have to use all of his wits and decode a series of clues
before time runs out. Meanwhile, Alice must keep her friends close and
fight through her numerous injuries if she hopes to stop the evil.
But
nothing is certain. Alice's body is breaking down. Her loved ones are
in constant danger. There is no escape now ... soon, she must face off
against the ancient evil that lurks within Castle Vontescue.
And there will be blood.
This volume also contains the following extras:
- The lost diary of Abigail Bauer
- An exclusive introduction
... And the following Grimms' Fairy Tales:
- Hans in Luck
- The Brave Little Tailor
- Tom Thumb
- Twelve Dancing Princesses
- Rapunzel
OK.
Charging toward a giant. Ribs sore. Breaths shaky. Hands sweaty.
Plan? Well, the plan wasn’t that good.
The
giant turned his massive head, glowering at me as I slid between two
sports cars. One of his eyes was still larger than the other, and for
good reason: he was still growing, slower now, but he’d already
surpassed the giants in my dream. His right hand slowly reached down,
grabbed one of the massive boulders at the edge of the parking lot …
And
threw it right at me!
I
turned left, kicking off the bumper of the nearest car. The closer
the boulder got, the bigger it got. Not the size of a pebble or my
head but a car!
I dove, rolling, kicking up puffy snow, feeling my ribs cry out with
a flash of pain. The boulder landed on the red Mercedes right next to
me, squashing it like a pancake.
“Too
close,” I said, taking a deep breath and forcing myself to my feet.
He crawled closer to the building, closer to me, his thick glob-like
fingers digging into the parking lot. I had to slow him down to give
Briar more time to set up the cannon. And hopefully, people would
come to their senses and eventually, you know, run away.
Ken
Brosky received his MFA in fiction writing from the University of
Nebraska-Omaha, and his BA in creative writing from the University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire. To date, he's had more than a dozen short stories
published in literary journals, including Gargoyle, Barcelona Review and
Midwestern Gothic.
This
is Isabella Fontaine's first Young Adult series. In addition to
managing the family farm, she also enjoys providing design-related
services for those who meet the qualification of "fashion nightmare."
Our Goal
We devised 3 "rules" for this Young Adult series. All three are important to us.
1.
There are no love triangles. We've set this as an explicit rule. Our
main character might find love, but she won't be hounded by topless boys
and she certainly will never spend her time deciding who to spend the
rest of her life with.
2.
Our hero, Alice, must use her brain to overcome her obstacles. That
doesn't mean she can't kick some butt (she definitely can!), but she
does have to rely on her knowledge to win the day.
3.
Alice will never commit an act of violence against another human being
without there being consequences. Sure, she can do battle with evil
monsters ... but violence against human beings has real consequences.
Too often our heroes of today cause physical pain to people around them
in order to achieve victory. Alice is different. Alice respects
nonviolence to solve real-world problems, and only uses violence to rid
the world of the evil Corrupted.
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