Hello Therians!!
Well then I suggest you get your hands on Sagaria by John Dahlgren.
BOOK DETAILS
Paperback, $15.95
Paperback, $15.95
ISBN: 978-9814260527
YA fantasy, 504 pages
Editions Didier Millet
December 16, 2011
Synopsis
Three worlds are in immediate danger!
And unfortunately one of them is yours.
And unfortunately one of them is yours.
After the mysterious kidnapping of his
eccentric grandfather, Sagandran Sacks sets out on a rescue mission. Although
he suspects things might get strange, he doesn’t expect his search to bring him
to a parallel world!
After traveling, or rather falling, into
the magical realm of Sagaria (a world that looks like it’s straight out of a
fantasy novel), young Sagandran finds himself on a breathtaking rollercoaster
ride through every fantasy adventure he could possibly wish for (and some he
would wish he hadn’t).
Expect the unexpected at every moment.
Chivalrous frogs, bungling wizards, blabbering rodents, captivating trolls,
annoying gnomes, magical theme parks, chatting furniture, mad jello puddings,
madder ghosts and beautiful but merciless evil-doers are just a few of the
encounters that await you! Not to mention, the most powerful and ruthless
sorcerer ever who desperately wants your world! Oh, and by the way, he wants
your soul too…
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JOHN DAHLGREN ADAPTS CLASSICAL FANTASY STORYTELLING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Swedish award-winning author heads to U.S. for first ever book tour overseas
December 2012 – A librarian lemming took readers on a nautical pirate’s adventure in The Tides of Avarice, landing in a fantasy world set three hundred years earlier in John Dahlgren’s second young adult novel Sagaria. The Swedish author travels over seas himself for his first U.S. book tour in winter 2013.
As a trained psychologist, it’s no surprise most of the high praise Dahlgren has received for his writing focuses on the three-dimensional characters he’s created. Readers are particularly entranced by Tides villain Cap’n Rustbane’s constant mood shifts as a highly intelligent yet brutal man suffering from schizophrenia.
“Each character is unique and I’ve tried to get into their heads – definitely a work related hazard, being a psychologist – to see how each and every one of them would react when facing an unexpected situation,” Dahlgren said. “They also learn a lot about themselves during their adventures together.”
Having grown up close to the vast and untamed landscapes of Scandinavia, Dahlgren was influenced from an early age by the Nordic sagas and mythologies. The enchanting environment is evident in his young adult tales that re-introduce the Victorian writing style and a touch of cozy fairytale surroundings.
Dahlgren also spent time researching the books at natural history museums to compare animal sizes and traits, in Stockholm to study a well-preserved ship from the 17th century, and all throughout the caves, mountains and castles of Switzerland.
“Even when writing fiction and fantasy, things have to make at least somereal sense. Otherwise, the story collapses and the reader’s interest lost,”Dahglren explains. “As Mark Twain once said, ‘The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.’”
Tides became a Fantasy Fiction finalist in the International Book Awards and Silver Medal winner in Fantasy Fiction from ForeWord’s Book of the Year Awards. The magazine said the debut was “as cheering and as engaging a swashbuckling yarn as any a pirate lover could imagine.” Readers were just as pleased with Dahlgren’s second novel Sagaria, which re-releases as a three-part eBook series in January 2013.
Hugo and World Fantasy award-winning author John Grant describes Dahlgren as “constantly inventive,” and Bestsellersworld.com calls him “a masterful storyteller.” Lifestyle Magazine said Tides is “reminiscent of a furry version of Pirates of the Caribbean. The characters are endearing and the story has both depth and soul.” Book blogger Ray Mears said she found herself “outflanked” by Dahlgren, thinking she knew where the story was going, “only to find it took a completely unexpected turn. That hasn’t happened for a while. Buy it, read it, love it. Yarghhhhhh!”
Dahlgren studied creative and fiction writing at Oxford University. A member of the Swiss Psychologist Federation, he has also written nonfiction articles for numerous scientific journals and a Swedish magazine.
John Dahlgren
Author Biography
He went on to study creative and fiction writing at Oxford University
and competed in the school’s short story contests each year.
As a trained psychologist and member of the Swiss Psychologist
Federation, Dahlgren began writing nonfiction articles for numerous scientific
journals and a Swedish magazine. But his passion was fiction, and so he debuted
as a novelist in 2011 with the young adult story The Tides of Avarice, a finalist for best Fiction/Fantasy in the International Book Awards and Silver
Medal winner in ForeWord’s Book of
the Year Awards. He released months later a second YA fantasy novel, Sagaria, and is currently engaged in
several book projects for both younger readers and adults.
Dahlgren lives now in Neuchâtel, Switzerland with
his wife and two children, where he’s worked for the past twelve years as a marketing director at
an international pharmaceutical company.
Website:
JohnDahlgren.com
Twitter: @dahlgrenbooks
Facebook: The
Tides of Avarice
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