The Last Tragedy - Herb Mallette

Legends tell of the playwright Coeldoetta's final masterwork, unpublished, unperformed, missing 1500 years, read by only a handful of people in history. Did the gods themselves really lift its author from the world the moment she finished the final page? To Jake Warbler and the illusion-weaving half-sprite Noxie, no question could be more urgent - because its answer could mean life or death for loved ones in the clutches of a monstrous cult. Dark prophecies and the means to defeat them are woven through the Last Tragedy, and the hell-bent sect of Cimone will perpetrate any crime to guarantee the evil foretold in its pages. Can Jake and Noxie find the Tragedy and solve its riddles before all is lost? The first book in Herb Mallette's Delvonian Tales series, The Last Tragedy is a high-spirited, adventurous fantasy set in a realm of floating continents and ancient empires. It pits clever and resourceful young heroes against enemies of steel will and unrepentant malevolence, in a journey through a richly imagined world the reader will not soon forget.