Seventh Child published today – first volume in fantasy series, Evil Above the Stars

New fantasy series for young adults will appeal to fantasy and science fiction fans of all ages
 
 
Seventh Child, Volume 1 of Evil Above the Stars, by Peter R. Ellis
Seventh Child, Volume 1 of Evil Above the Stars, by Peter R. Ellis
DARTFORD, U.K. - Jan. 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Elsewhen Press, an independent UK publisher specialising in Speculative Fiction, is delighted to announce the publication today of Seventh Child, the first volume in the new fantasy series Evil Above the Stars from author Peter R. Ellis.

September Weekes is accustomed to facing teasing and bullying because of her white hair, tubby figure and silly name, but the discovery of a clear, smooth stone at her home casts her into a struggle between good and evil that will present her with sterner challenges.

The stone takes her to Gwlad, the Land, where the people hail her as the Cludydd o Maengolauseren, the bearer of the starstone, with the power to defend them against the evil known as the Malevolence. September meets the leader of the people, the Mordeyrn Aurddolen, and the bearers of the seven metals linked to the seven ‘planets’. Each metal gives the bearer specialised powers to resist the manifestations of the Malevolence; manifestations formed from the four elements of earth, air, fire and water, such as the comets known as Draig tân, fire dragons.

She returns to her home, but is drawn back to the Land a fortnight later to find that two years have passed and the villagers have experienced more destructive attacks by manifestations. September must now help defend Gwlad against the Malevolence.

Seventh Child will appeal to anyone who likes fantasy, especially fans of JRR Tolkien and Stephen Donaldson, and engages science fiction enthusiasts too, enticing readers of all ages.

It poses intriguing questions: If old theories are correct until a new idea comes along, does the universe change with our perception of it? Were the ideas embodied in alchemy ever right? What was the basis of Celtic mythology?

Seventh Child is published in digital editions today by Elsewhen Press. The second volume in the Evil Above the Stars series, The Power of Seven, will be published by Elsewhen Press later this month. Both volumes will be published in print editions in March.

Notes for Editors

About Peter R. Ellis


Peter would like to say he’s been a writer all his life but it is only since retiring as a teacher in 2010 that he has been able to devote enough time to writing to call it a career. Brought up in Cardiff, he studied Chemical Physics at the University of Kent at Canterbury, then taught chemistry (and a bit of physics) in Norwich, the Isle of Wight and Thames Valley. His first experience of publishing was in writing educational materials which he has continued to do since retiring. Of his fictional writing, Seventh Child is his first published speculative fiction novel.

Peter has been a fan of science fiction and fantasy since he was young, has an (almost) complete collection of classic SF by Asimov, Ballard, Clarke, Heinlein and Niven, among others, while also enjoying fantasy by Tolkien, Donaldson and Ursula Le Guin. Of more recent authors Iain M Banks, Alastair Reynolds and China Mieville have his greatest respect. His Welsh upbringing also engendered a love of the language (even though he can’t speak it) and of Welsh mythology like the Mabinogion. All these strands come together in the Evil Above the Stars series. He lives in Herefordshire with his wife, Alison, who is a great supporter.

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