‘Thursday’s Child has Far to Go.’ Sarah was born in Bath on a Thursday and she likes to think that means there’s a lot more mileage in her yet, particularly when it comes to her first love, writing. After she read ‘The Lord of the Rings’ when she was twelve, she started writing her own fantasy novels but chose to study music at New Hall (now Murray Edwards College), Cambridge. She’s always enjoyed working with young people, so she trained as a teacher, teaching music for many years. Sarah’s first novel ‘Moths to a Flame’ came out in 1995 from Orion; seven other fantasy novels, including the ‘Tears of Artamon’ trilogy, and various short stories for ‘Interzone’ have followed. She also reviews manga and anime — another passion — for various online magazines. Her dream? To see one of her stories reinterpreted as manga or anime…
Lord of Snow and Shadows by Sarah Ash
Lord of Snow and Shadows starts as Gavril, a young relatively carefree painter, learns that he has just inherited rule of the northern kingdom of Azhkendir after his father (whom Gavril never knew) was murdered. The inheritance has a darker side, however, as his father’s line also passes from son to son the Drakhaoul, a creature which lives in their blood and mind and gives them great power at great cost — the eventual transformation of their body and soul.
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