Tzia

An epic fairy tale adventure that seamlessly blends imagination and reality, to weave an unbelievable story that will leave readers on a mouthwatering cliffhanger. Reminiscent of classic fantasy favorites, Lewis Carroll's 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' and L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz', 'Tzia: The Book of Galatéa' will take middle-grade readers to Tzia; a mysterious island where a perilous quest of evil witches, ancient giants, and lordly lion, determines one teen girl's magical destiny. Led by its unusual writer, Mister Sanamon, and accompanied by the magical illustrations of artist Zsófia Ötvös, this deliciously dark fairytale delivers a suspense-laced plot of destiny, family, and good versus evil. In Tzia's debut title, Galatéa's story is told through the eyes of her future daughter, Theo, on her fourteenth birthday, when she is approached by a very unusual mouse-like old woman who introduces the unsuspecting Theo to her family history and the quest she must now undertake, as her mother did before her. Toggling between the past and the future, the very remarkable, albeit unbelievable, quest of fourteen-year-old Galatéa on amythical Greek island that was hidden from the civilized world, unfolds. In fact, the mystical island, Tzia, had been home to generations of sisters, ancestors of Galatéa's, with one sister in each generation undertaking a fateful journey upon their fourteenth birthday, learning the secret their family has so carefully guarded. An unbelievable world on the island opens up before the young Galatéa, one that is full of wonder and beauty and yet also darkness and doom. As with each "sign bearer" who came before her-displaying identical odd markings on their wrists-Galatéa has been chosen, tasked with taking a treacherous journey through the island to find the powerful lion whose fate isintertwined with that of the girl's family and who is key to unveiling the secrets that will restore the perilously broken balance of the land. Betrayed by a wicked sister, Galatéa must avoid a coven of witches hunting her, solve difficult riddles to get beyond gatekeepers, and unravel tricky mysteries. Meanwhile, Theo is learning everything she needs to know to prepare herself for her own quest.