I am pleased to announce and display a very promising review from Kirkus.
This pairing of the first two books in Verdelli’s planned six-part YA fantasy saga tells of gods, kings and kids from South Portland.
“Rise of Talus, the first section of this book, recounts the story of a prince who learns from a series of shadowy soothsayers with questionable motives that his birthright has been robbed by his father. Talus, the young prince, drinks, fights and cavorts about town with his friends, but his easygoing nature transforms upon learning that he, and not his twin brother, should be next in line for the kingdom. Talus soon veers into darkness, depression and paranoia before hatching a plot to take back what he believes to be rightfully his.