The Letter Mage: First Quarto

by Alexandra Penn

Overview

Aleph Worf-Sapir has spent all fourteen years of his life enduring the ravages of academic war, and he is over it. The second the Lunar University offers him a spot in an unprecedented peacekeeping effort--a student exchange program--he jumps at the opportunity. Aleph expects that he'll have a chance to bring peace to the University Moons, stop the bloodshed, and keep his home safe.

Yet nothing goes according to plan. The Prism Witches of the computing department lock him away. The Warlocks of the Gear are fighting amongst themselves. Soon after he leaves, one of Aleph's mothers is accused of murder back on the Glottal Moon. And to top it off, Aleph finds himself falling fast for a handsome spy from their origin planet--a place more dangerous than every department in the university put together. Aleph sees solutions to every source of conflict he encounters, but no one seems to pay attention to a kid.

Listen, Aleph didn't set out to be a supervillain. But he's quickly learning that no one's going to pay attention to him otherwise.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780692951736
Publisher:	Broken Leg Books
Publication date:	09/11/2017
Series:	Letter Mage: Quartos , #1
Pages:	142
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.33(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Alexandra Penn grew up in the museum wilds of Washington, DC. She learned the first thirteen letters of the alphabet before she got sentences down, watched the final shuttle launch from the fire escape outside Launch Control, and has been a certified Scuba diver since age twelve. She likes dogs, long walks on the beach, and defending the proletariat. Also books.

Alexandra is the director of Iowa organization The Writers' Rooms, an editor for hire, an amateur linguist and conlanger, and a Taurus. Her work has received several accolades, including an Honorable Mention in the Writers' Digest Annual Writing Contest (2017). She spends all her free time on Twitter.

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Distribution

Table of Contents

Preface: The Rules of Letter Magic

1. The Secret of the Glottal Moon

Interlude: The Battle of the Fire Garden

2. The Arrival of the Prism Witch

Interlude: The Witch and the Words

Preface: The Rules of Prism Magic

3. The Towers of Ice

Interlude: The Low Jail’s Warden

4. The Viridian Boy

Extra: Make Your Own Sigil Alphabet

Interlude: The Sea in the Sky

Extra: About The Letter Mage

Extra: About the Author

Extra: Support