Cervera, Spain, 1852. David Sandoval is a
sixteen-year-old genius on many different subjects, yet he is more content
studying than becoming close with family or friends. When he accepts an
apprenticeship offer from a French architect, he is convinced that this will be
the biggest achievement of his life. While on his travels to Paris, a foolhardy
decision on his part gets him abducted by a gypsy caravan, owned by a living
Grecian sphinx. The sphinx, seemingly intrigued by the fearless young man, takes
him through the Curtain, the gateway between our world and the worlds of the
"unseen," where many creatures of myth and legend reside. When David discovers
that he has unwittingly proposed to the sphinx - who appears pleased to have him
as a potential mate - he attempts to escape back through the Curtain to the
human world, only to be sent to Kyoto, Japan, and that is only the beginning of
his problems. On his adventure to return home, he learns a dark secret: a Shade,
an extension of the shadowy Night Goddess Nyx, is slowly draining the sphinx of
her most precious talents. David might be the only human on earth with the
knowledge of how to save the sphinx from a lethal blight imposed on her by Nyx,
and he must also save his new friends from a ruthless adversary, the Teumessian.
Can one normal boy truly undo the inflictions of a goddess, and rescue both the
seen and unseen worlds from her dark intentions?
Welcome to the world of "The Scholar, the Sphinx and the Shades of Nyx," the upcoming young adult fantasy title to be released by Knox Robinson Publishing in 2013!
This is the first young adult novel to be published by the London-based publishing company, and it will be available in the US, the UK and Europe next year.
If you'd like to learn more about the novel, you can visit Knox Robinson Publishing's website at www.knoxrobinsonpublishing.com, or you can e-mail the author at scholarandsphinx@gmail.com.
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