Reaper's Return: Chronicles of Aesirium - Paperback

by Quiana Kirkland (Editor), Ren Cummins (Author)

Book One of the Chronicles of Aesirium: What if Death wore a pretty black dress? Everyone in Oldtown had heard talk of the Reapers. Even though nobody had seen one in years, everyone whispered the tales: flying from rooftop to rooftop, stealing the souls of the unwary, letting their undead beasts hunt through the streets for any member of the community too reckless or fearless to heed the nightly curfew ... mysterious and terrifying, most feared to even mention them by name, lest they appear and gather your spirit away.For 11-year-old Romany, her greatest fears were less about the mythological Reapers and more about surviving a miserable life inside of Oldtown's solitary orphanage. Her stark white hair made her an obvious target for the bullies, and the cruel nickname of "Ratgirl" had followed her for years. But if Rom thought her troubles were behind her, being struck dead by a bolt of lightning would only open the door to an entire life of new ones.First on the list? Finding out that she herself...is a Reaper.A lightly steampunk science fiction/fantasy series, Chronicles of Aesirium is the prequel series to "Tales of the Dead Man.

Author Biography

I write. I'm a writer, perhaps much the way my act of breathing makes me a breather. Wait, that's a poor example. I began with sketching, but my love of music and math turned me into a musician, and from there prose and poetry fashioned me into a writer. My first series, the young adult (steampunk) fantasy series "CHRONICLES OF AESIRIUM" about a young girl who becomes an angel of death, marked my work as a light hearted and optimistic look into death and darkness, but I'm sure that's just the lip of the rabbit hole. I also helped found Talaria Press, a loosely affiliated gang of misfits whose work can be found at www.talariapress.com - come join the parade, there's space enough for all.