A simple line drawing plus cheerful shades of blue showing what might be a public square in an ancient city on a hill, with a large body of water visible in the distance. Except telegraph cables are visible. So are three tiny human figures, one of them pointing at an ominous storm-cloud.

Fantasy

The Elf, the Dwarf, and the Telegraph, Book I

Name: The Elf, the Dwarf, and the Telegraph, Book I
Author: Caroline Ailanthus

by Caroline Ailanthus

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Available as an ebook and in paperback. Ebook ISBN 9781628064346.

About the book

Why are Nonani's ancient forests being razed for charcoal, when everybody knows trees can talk and springs have souls? And the mysterious derger people will die without their forest. Activists of three human species--derger hunters, elfin scientists, ubum farmers, priests, and philosophers-unite to stop the charcoal harvest, but their success disturbs powerful forces, people who will do anything to crush the movement, even destroy a three-hundred-year-old republic. In The Elf, the Dwarf, and the Telegraph, Book One, the fight for Nonani's future begins. Can the forest be saved, or is the age of myth and wonder simply over?

What to expect

Mood: Dark and gritty Thought-provoking
Tropes: Found family Unlikely hero Morally grey
Setting and world: Nature and wilderness Magic and myth
Pace and shape: An epic saga First in a series
Themes: Friendship Identity and self-discovery

Book details

Author: Caroline Ailanthus
Genre: Fantasy
Formats: Ebook and paperback
Ebook ISBN: 9781628064346

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About the author

Caroline Ailanthus

I'm a writer, an editor, and, at the moment, a dish-washer. Perhaps I shouldn't admit to being a professional dish-washer. It's not cool or polished or literary. But I've reached that point in my life when I just do not care about certain kinds of BS anymore. Yes, I wash dishes. I do a lot of my pre-writing while washing dishes. I have a BA in Environmental Leadership and an MS in Conservation Biology. I use both to write lots of things, but mostly fiction. I have a husband who can sail a boat, drive an ambulance, and make a mean white pizza. We have two beagle-mixes and three cats, one of whom has a total of 21 toes. I used to have a cat who would fall asleep beside my keyboard with her nose on the letter, Q. I miss her.

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