What Readers and Reviewers are Saying
about Auralia's Colors
"Film critic and author Overstreet (Through a Screen Darkly)
offers a powerful myth for his first foray into fiction. The kingdom
of Abascar is cloaked in gloom, sentenced to an ongoing “wintering” by
a jealous queen, in which colors have been done away with and are only
allowed in the royal court. But young Auralia, found as a baby by the
river and raised by outcasts, has a talent for finding colors
everywhere and bringing them to life in a way no one has ever seen
before. The fate of the kingdom rests on what Auralia chooses to do
and how the king responds. Overstreet creates a world with not only
its own geography but its own vocabulary — it is haunted by beastmen,
home to cloudgrasper trees, vawns (something like dinosaurs) and
twister fish. ...
Overstreet’s writing is precise and beautiful, and the story is
masterfully told. Readers will be hungry for the next installment."
-
Publisher's Weekly
"The late John Gardner said that a good story should unfold like a
vivid and continuous dream. With Auralia's Colors, Jeffrey
Overstreet has crafted just such a story, one that will leave readers
ready to dream with him again."
- John
Wilson, Editor, Books & Culture
"Through word, image, and color Jeffrey Overstreet has crafted a work
of art. From first to final page this
original fantasy is sure to draw readers in. Auralia's Colors
sparkles."
- Janet
Lee Carey, award-winning author of The Beast of Noor
and Dragon's Keep
"Welcome to
the land of the fangbear, the muckmoth, and the Midnight Swindler.
To a story brimming with lovely literary rewards and a cast of
characters by turns loathsome and hilarious, winsome and mysterious.
It's not often one gets to be present at the birth of a classic, but
Auralia's Colors is that kind of storytelling. A true delight
on so many levels."
- Clint
Kelly, author of the Sensations Series: Scent, Echo, and
Delicacy
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