Today for #HistFicThursdays, I am delighted to once again be teaming up with The Coffee Pot Book Club , this time to share an excerpt from S. R. Perricone 's fantastic new book Cobblestones ! First of all, let's meet the book... The turbulent history of Post-Reconstruction New Orleans collides with the plight of Sicilian immigrants seeking refuge in America. Antonio, a young man fleeing Sicily after avenging his father's murder, embarks on a harrowing journey to New Orleans with the help of Jesuit priests expelled from his homeland. However, the promise of a fresh start quickly sours as Antonio becomes entangled in a volatile clash of cultures, corruption, and crime. In the late 19th century, Italian immigrants in New Orleans faced hostility, exploitation, and a brutal system of indentured servitude. Antonio becomes a witness to history as a bitter feud over the docks spirals into violence, culminating in the assassination of Irish police chief David ...
I'm sorry I haven't posted a Middle Grade Monday post for a few weeks. The summer holidays have been in full swing and we have been far from idle. At the start of the holiday, I published the sequel to my debut novel. "Taking Wing" came out in July 2019, and it's a great relief to have launched "Doorway to the Sunset" which continues the story.
Not only does it feel great that it's finally out there, but it was super to be back with those characters again. The Feather Down series is a story I tried multiple times to write. Slightly different over the years, of course. Each time, I could never get beyond the first couple of chapters. I don't know what about "Taking Wing" made it stick. Perhaps because, by then, I was older and had more writing experience. Perhaps because I was teaching children who were the same age as my ideal audience. Either way, "Taking Wing" continues to be the book of mine that sells the most.
Freya, the protagonist, is drawn into a tribal system of Anglo-Saxon warlords, who have the ability to change into birds. There is the crow tribe (mainly because I was fed up with crows being depicted as the baddies) and the owl tribe, and some other minor characters mentioned throughout, but the crows and owls have been at war for centuries because the owl king, Raedwald, believes his enemies killed his wife.
He is, of course, mistaken.
If you'd like to find out who really was responsible, then read "Taking Wing" and, if you enjoy the adventurous escapades of the main characters, why not follow it up with "Doorway to the Sunset".
Next year, I'm taking a break from Freya and publishing the prequel which is a standalone story, but with many of the same characters. Consider signing up to our Crowvus monthly newsletter to get updates and offers as the publication date approaches.
Until next week... happy reading!
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