New Releases by O. R. Melling

In this book, which School Library Journal called ôlyrical and mesmerizing,ö eighteen-year-old Laurel arrives in Ireland on the anniversary of her sisterÆs mysterious death, to take up her twinÆs failed mission to find the Summer King and save Faerie. As

"The Light-Bearer''s Daughter" tells the story of eleven-year-old Dana, who is about to emigrate to Canada from Ireland with her father, despite her protests. If she leaves, how will she ever find her mother, who disappeared when she was three? As Dana grapples with her father''s decision, she is unwittingly drawn into the world of Faerie. She encounters a mysterious young woman who calls her into the woods. There, Dana is charged with an important mission: she must carry an urgent message from the High King of Faerie to his second-in-command deep in the mountains. If she succeeds, Dana will be granted her heart''s desire - any wish will come true. But why has the High King of Faerie chosen Dana for this mission, and what does it have to do with her long-lost mother?

"The second book in the critically acclaimed Chronicles of Faerie series" In this book, which "School Library Journal" called lyrical and mesmerizing, eighteen-year-old Laurel arrives in Ireland on the anniversary of her sisters mysterious death, to take up her twins failed mission to find the Summer King and save Faerie. As Laurel sets her cynicism aside and becomes caught up in dark secrets and old hatreds, she harbors a desperate dream of her ownto save her sister. With its layers of fantasy and reality, "The Summer King" invites readers to travel between two worlds in the company of a master storyteller.

A complex fantasy with three levels that introduces us to a Canadian author who goes to Ireland to escape her husband, and the characters she brings to life in her book mirroring her own circumstances (or it may be the other way around).