The Walkers of Curwood Ebook

Once there was only the Curwood between childhood friends, Cassie and Julian. Now there is a whole lot more...

Separated by the Curwood Forest, Julian lives in luxury with his distant father and sweet, story-telling mother, Violeta, while Cassie's humble home with its rambling veggie garden is filled with love. When, without warning, Violeta is lost from their lives, Cassie fears that nothing can shift the shadow that has settled on her dearest friend.

Years later, with Julian at boarding school and becoming more and more of a stranger to her, Cassie finds herself drawn into the mysterious world of her enigmatic tutor, Alisa, who seems to have a secret of her own. Then Cassie's parents vanish, throwing her into an adventure more wondrous and terrifying than any of Violeta’s tales.

Can Cassie find her way back to her parents? To Julian? To herself? Or will she take the darker road that seems to have been waiting for her all along?

Get your copy now of this magical tale of love and discovery.

About this book

• Title: The Walkers of Curwood
• Author: Alexandra Manfield, an Australian author with a background in plant ecology, based in the Yarra Valley, Victoria
• Series: The Curwood Chronicles, a series of connected standalone novels set in Australia
• Where it fits: A great place to start. Cassie and Julian's story begins here. The River Daughter is a prequel that tells Alisa's story, for readers who want more
• Genre: YA/teen Australian contemporary fantasy that adults also enjoy; nature fantasy with mystery, supernatural elements and touches of urban fantasy
• Setting: Inner-city Melbourne and the Australian bush, with a strong sense of place
• Themes: Friendship, family and loss, and the pull between light and darkness
• You'll find: Childhood friends to lovers, a boy with a shapeshifting secret, witches whose magic is drawn from the land, a portal to another world, and found family
• For readers who love: Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver and The Raven Boys, and Lili Wilkinson's A Hunger of Thorns
• Suitable for: Readers aged 15 and up: young adult and teen readers, and adults who enjoy YA fantasy
• Format: Ebook
• ISBN: 9780645399424
• Publisher: Spindle Press, 2022
• What comes next: Son of Shadow, the direct follow-on to The Walkers of Curwood, is coming soon
• Also available: Paperback and hardback