The Candlemark & Gleam catalogue is growing again!
We’re pleased to announce the acquisition of a new YA novel, Dragonbait by David McLain. Adding to this novel’s appeal are some spectacular illustrations by Felix Eddy. This is going to be a stunner visually, as well as a cracking good read for children and adults alike!
So what’s it all about? Glad you asked!
Dragonbait
David McLain
Illustrations by Felix Eddy
Jocelyn wasn’t an ordinary princess….
Ordinary princesses do not spend time with trolls or have tea with giant spiders. They don’t run with a group of thieves. They don’t learn the five commandments of sword fighting, and if they meet a unicorn in the forest, it’s a white unicorn, not a pitch-black one. Most of all, princesses are supposed to be rescued by knights from evil dragons. They don’t rescue dragons from evil knights.
Dragonbait tells the story of Jocelyn, a young woman who grew up dreaming of being a princess, and seems to have gotten it all wrong. After leaving the farm she grew up on, she is confronted by two strange individuals: the first, an enormous green dragon, is clearly not the fire-breathing demon that you would expect. The second, the powerful and enigmatic Black Knight, isn’t so noble as a knight should be. As Jocelyn strives to rescue one from the other, it slowly becomes clear that both may know more about her than they’re letting on. And that being a princess isn’t all it was cracked up to be…
(YA fantasy; autumn 2012)
If you’re a fan of The Princess Bride, Dealing with Dragons, or The Thirteen Clocks, we think you’ll fall head over heels for Jocelyn and Dragonbait.
