![]() ![]() So close is this unlikely friendship that Theo - the Kaiser denies her the right to her original name and orders she to refer to herself as Thora or Theo among select company - looks at her almost as a sister. Respite from the cruelties bestowed upon her come in the form of Crescentia, daughter of the very man who killed her mother and her closest - indeed, only - friend in the castle. Kept a hostage as a symbol of the Kaiser’s power, she is forced to wear crowns of ashes, a mockery of her former royal status, and the merest rumour of dissent by the conquered Artemisians earns her a brutal whipping. What: Theodosia, heir to the kingdom of Artemisia, is just a child when she witnesses the murder of her mother and is taken prisoner by the right-hand man of the Kaiser, head of the invading Kalovaxians. Since then, she’s completed a BA from Savannah College of Art and Design, moved to New York City, and produced this page-turning gem, with two books to follow. ![]() That dates back to the second grade, when she put together a Cinderella retelling about angels. Ash Princess is the first of a YA fantasy trilogy, but by no means is it Sebastian’s first attempt at storytelling. ![]() Who: In contrast to the sunny image of her birthplace of South Florida, amid a colourful life characterised by reading, baking, and dragging a ‘lazy’ dog out on walks, Laura Sebastian’s literary debut is rather grim. ![]()
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