Friday, July 05, 2013

What is Laura Powell reading?

The current featured contributor at Writers Read: Laura Powell, author of Witch Fire.

Her entry begins:
Illustration has always been important to me, probably because my dad’s a painter. I firmly believe that picture-books shouldn’t just be for kids and so The Folio Society, which publishes illustrated hardback editions of classic books, is very bad for my bank account. I’ve just saved up for a copy of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, illustrated by the Balbusson sisters. It’s a nineteenth-century novel in verse but please don’t let that put you off – it’s romantic, tragic, witty and...[read on]
About the book, from the publisher:
Lucas and Glory are hard at work in WICA (Witchkind Intelligence and Covert Affairs). As part of their training, they learn more about the witch-terrorist organization Endor. It is believed that Endor has infiltrated a boarding school for young witches in Switzerland, so WICA sends their two youngest agents--Lucas and Glory--to the school undercover. There, they learn more about an experimental brain implant that blocks the power of the fae. It's a dangerous procedure...more so than they could ever have imagined.
Read more about the book and author at Laura Powell's website.

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