MEET & GREET OUR AUTHORS IN CAPE TOWN


If you'd like personally signed copies for your collection, our Cape Town book signing experience will be a wonderful morning. Here are the details:

Saturday 20 April 2024

11 am - 1 pm

Wordsworth Books in Somerset Mall

Featured authors: Michael Ferguson (A Prophecy of Flowers and Lightning), Gretchen Ryan (There's an Elephant in my Swimming Pool), Novian Dunne (Mu'n: Evasion), David Eastment (Dad ... Unprepared). 

Here's a little more about each book:

A Prophecy of Flowers and Lightning - Michael Ferguson


"I would rather die at your side than watch the world burn from inside your embrace."

In a world of gods and monsters, a prophecy is made, a war is waged, and a legend is born.

Cursed from birth by the gods with the power of foresight, Cadence is ostracised. Hated by his father, berated by his brothers, and shunned by his community, Cadence leads a lonely existence.

Destinies collide when Cadence meets Arlo, the demigod prince of the Luciferian Empire, and the two have no idea how deeply connected they really are by the Great Cosmic Web of the Fates. A friendship quickly blooms into something more as the two youths navigate the worlds of duty and their emotions together.

The Empire of Luciferian is ruled over by the iron first of the power-hungry Emperor Abydos, and by his side is Arsinoe, mysterious sorceress and Empress of the Luciferian. In his never-ending quest to dominate, he awakens a dark force that will bring famine, war, and ultimate devastation to the Empire.

Arlo and Cadence have an integral role to play in the war to come, one in which their combined demise has been prophesied. Can Cadence and Arlo break the web the Fates have woven for them, or will they become entangled by it?

Pages: 308 Genre: Fantasy Publisher: KREST Publishers

Release year: 2023

ISBN: 978-0-6397-6845-2

Format: paperback

There's an Elephant in my Swimming Pool - Gretchen Ryan

 

While on holiday at his Grampa’s game farm near the Kruger National Park, eleven-year-old Toby has close encounters with various dangerous wild animals, but worse than that, the most dangerous of all; rhino and elephant poachers! Toby is adamant to catch the poachers, while his younger and more responsible sister, Tara, makes his mission difficult. With his parents forbidding him to go into the bush, and his sister watching his every move, will Toby be able to stop the poachers?

Genre: children's adventure Pages: 160 Publisher: KREST Publishers

ISBN: 978-0-6397-6603-4

Format: paperback

Year of release: 2023

Mu'n: Evasion - Novian Dunne

 

A gamebook from the award-winning Teneo universe.

Welcome, reader, to a new world fraught with danger and adventure, a place filled with excitement and action. In this story, you are the lead character, and by your choices you will either live or perish.

You are Mu`n Stormsword, an initiate ranger-warrior of House Lu`n.

For a millennium, Lunesse warriors (an elite guard of women) have been heralded amongst the most highly skilled combatants within the known lands of Teneo.

The peace of your home world is about to be shattered! Something is stirring, and a deadly unknown threat has begun to infiltrate the realm of Teneo.

Returning to House Lu`n after training in solitude, you are horrified to find that your Sisters of the martial ways have been completely immobilized.

As savage Grawl troops and their Narvae war dogs begin to descend upon your home, you have no option but to flee or die!

It has now become your quest to warn the other Great Houses of this unspeakable act and the evil that has begun to spew forth out of the icy reaches of Raharan.

Grawl, Narvae, beasts, adventure, and probable death cling to your heels.

The question, young ranger, is ... Do you have what it will take to survive?

Choose your actions wisely, initiate of the Lunesse, for your next move could be your last!

Genre: Fantasy Gamebook Pages: 204 Publisher: KREST Publishers

ISBN: 978-0-6387-2446-1

Format: paperback

Year of release: 2023 

Dad ... Unprepared - David Eastment


It starts with two lines on a plastic stick… and then you're suddenly on a rollercoaster ride with seemingly no end in sight. The name of this ride: PARENTHOOD. Being a dad is in stark contrast to being a mom. There are endless resources available for moms, but as dads, we're left feeling our way around almost blindly. Did someone say, "set up for failure?" Nope, not this guy. I would like to think that I have mastered the art of fatherhood, but I fumbled my way around with a beer in hand, disappointed my wife, and learned the hard way. But these lessons learned were actually joys uncovered and the discovery of fatherly bliss. To say that my wife and I have become a stronger and better team, would be an understatement. This book is by no means a "how to" guide on being a dad. It is my journey, one that was worth sharing, and I hope that when your turn arrives, you find the unparalleled joy that comes with being a Dad… Unprepared.

Genre: Memoir / Humour Pages: 180 Publisher: KREST Publishers

Format: paperback

ISBN: 978-0-6397-7338-4

Year of publication: 2023

If you would like to join the ranks of The KREST House authors, visit www.krestpublishers.co.za 


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