In Veritas

by C.J. Lavigne

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Pub Date May 01 2020 | Archive Date Mar 31 2020

NeWest Press

General Fiction (Adult) | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

In this fantastic and fantastical debut, C.J. Lavigne concocts a wondrous realm overlaying a city that brims with civic workers and pigeons. Led by her synaesthesia, Verity Richards discovers a hidden world inside an old Ottawa theatre. Within the timeworn walls live people who should not exist—people whose very survival is threatened by science, technology, and natural law. Verity must submerge herself in this impossible reality to help save the last traces of their broken community. Her guides: a magician, his shadow-dog, a dying angel, and a knife-edged woman who is more than half ghost.
With great empathy and imagination, In Veritas explores the nature of truth and the complexities of human communication.

In this fantastic and fantastical debut, C.J. Lavigne concocts a wondrous realm overlaying a city that brims with civic workers and pigeons. Led by her synaesthesia, Verity Richards discovers a...

A Note From the Publisher

C.J. Lavigne was born in Kingston, ON, but grew up all over Canada, from Comox, BC to Barrington Passage, NS. Since 2007, she has divided her time between Ottawa, ON, and Red Deer, AB, where she currently resides and works as a professional communications scholar who writes on television, gaming, and popular culture; at other points in her life, she’s been a barista, tech support supervisor, marketing manager, freelance editor, and—briefly—radio DJ. In Veritas is her first novel.

-ebook edition available for $9.20USD

-Canadian pricing $21.95CDN paperback, $11.99CDN ebook

C.J. Lavigne was born in Kingston, ON, but grew up all over Canada, from Comox, BC to Barrington Passage, NS. Since 2007, she has divided her time between Ottawa, ON, and Red Deer, AB, where she...

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A Note From the Publisher

C.J. Lavigne was born in Kingston, ON, but grew up all over Canada, from Comox, BC to Barrington Passage, NS. Since 2007, she has divided her time between Ottawa, ON, and Red Deer, AB, where she currently resides and works as a professional communications scholar who writes on television, gaming, and popular culture; at other points in her life, she’s been a barista, tech support supervisor, marketing manager, freelance editor, and—briefly—radio DJ. In Veritas is her first novel.

-ebook edition available for $9.20USD

-Canadian pricing $21.95CDN paperback, $11.99CDN ebook

Advance Praise

"This is a wonderful book. Lavigne takes and twists the tropes of urban fantasy into a synaesthetic sensory feast. A surprising, rich, rewarding novel from a talented author." - Candas Jane Dorsey, author of Ice & Other Stories
"Like all the best fantasy novels, In Veritas shows us our own world in a way we had never quite considered but somehow have always known. Reading this was like looking through my glasses right after I’ve cleaned them. I’ll never look at my city in quite the same way again." - Kate Heartfield, author of Armed in Her Fashion
"The perfect mix of incandescent writing and enthralling storytelling. C.J. Lavigne has given us something we can believe in. Learn to see the dragons." - Tanya Huff, author of The Enchantment Emporium

"This is a wonderful book. Lavigne takes and twists the tropes of urban fantasy into a synaesthetic sensory feast. A surprising, rich, rewarding novel from a talented author." - Candas Jane Dorsey...

Marketing Plan

An initial book launch will be held at Babycakes Cupcakery in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada on May 1, 2020. This will be followed by readings at bookstores in Calgary and Edmonton in May, as well as an Ontario tour in July and/or August (dates to be announced).

Available Editions

EDITION	Paperback
ISBN	9781988732831
PRICE	$19.95 (USD)

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