The City Beneath the Hidden Stars
by Sonya Kudei
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Pub Date Sep 27 2022 | Archive Date Sep 15 2022
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Description
Drawing on an eclectic mix of influences and based on the myths and history of Zagreb, Croatia, The City Beneath the Hidden Stars is a fantastical story that unveils the wondrous concealed in the mundane and is an adventure not to missed.
Long ago, the Black Queen once ruled Zagreb in a looming fortress over the city. Her legend lives on in children’s games and bedtime stories. Is it truly only folklore? And what harm is death to a queen who supposedly stole secrets from the stars?
When rumors surface that the Black Queen might still be alive and living in a haunted chasm beneath Zagreb’s Bear Mountain, it prompts the Star Council to dispatch star daimon Leo Solar to Earth to investigate.
After witnessing a bizarre event at a local music gig, former philosophy student Dario Taubek begins to notice a strange-looking man in a star suit. Curious, he follows him and what he discovers catapults him into a world he never knew existed. A world of magical trams, myths and monsters, celestial beings, and the legendary Black Queen.
A Note From the Publisher
Available in the following formats: Hardcover: 978-1-64397-310-4 | Softcover: 978-1-64397-311-1 | Ebook:.978-1-64397-312-8 | LCCN: 2021944668 | Print distribution through Ingram, Gardners, and Baker & Taylor | Ebook library distribution through Overdrive, Hoopla, and Baker & Taylor.
Advance Praise
“Kudei promises to be an exciting talent. This novel is a fun standalone that combines glimmers of Croation folklore, the atmosphere of an invented underground magical Zagreb, and the snarky, ironic energy of Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett” —Booklist
"readers with a taste for madcap fantasy will find something to enjoy." —Publishers Weekly
Marketing Plan
—Indie Next List (September) Nomination
—Library Reads (September) Nomination
—National Review Coverage
—Prepublication Buzz Campaign
—Extensive marketing to Booksellers, Librarians, and Book Influencers, including digital ARC campaign
—Digital ARCs Offered on NetGalley & LibraryThing
—Featured title in Fresh Fiction’s Book Box for September
—Targeted Consumer Email Marketing
—Extensive Social Media Promotion
Key Selling Points:
—The novel is loosely based on the local legends of the Black Queen, a mythical fifteenth-century witch and onetime ruler of an ancient fortress near Zagreb, Croatia.
—The novel will appeal to a wide-range of fantasy lovers as well as those who enjoy more literary fiction.
—Readers who enjoyed Stardust by Neil Gaimon and The Snowmelt River by Frank P. Ryan will find a new favorite author in Sonya Kudei.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781643973104 |
| PRICE | $30.00 (USD) |
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