Quill and the Castle of Mirrors

Fresh and original … this is gripping fantasy adventure packed full of the wild and wonderful, from horses conjured out of water to fierce dragons. Above all, though, it is so full of love. Woven through is a thread of loyalty and kindness and being brave on your own terms … An absolutely extraordinary book. Magnificent. – Liz Hyder in praise for Quill and the Last Generation
A pulse-quickening adventure strewn with rich seams of myth, magic and mystery. Quill completely captured my imagination and heart – Kiran Millwood Hargrave in praise of Quill and the Last Generation
An epic fantasy rooted in kindness and bursting with a rich mythology. Quill is the sort of wonderfully human hero children will recognise and cheer for… It feels like the start of something really special – Rob Biddulph in praise of Quill and the Last Generation
Quill is my new favourite hero. A thunderously good story told on a magnificent scale. I was mesmerised. – Emma Carroll in praise of Quill and the Last Generation
Magical storytelling at its best * The Scotsman *
Lewis has created a tale that succeeds as both a thrilling fantasy adventure and a tender exploration of what makes a hero. It’s mythology reimagined, a culture shared and storytelling at its finest * Books for Keeps *

C. M. Lewis is a multi-award-winning Welsh novelist, children’s writer, playwright, and screenwriter, who also writes as Caryl Lewis. Her breakthrough novel Martha, Jac a Sianco (2004) is widely regarded as a modern classic of Welsh literature and is on the Welsh curriculum. The film adaptation, with a screenplay by Lewis herself, won six Welsh BAFTAS. Lewis’s other screenwriting work includes the BBC/S4C thrillers Hinterland and Hidden. She has won Wales Book of the Year three times, most recently in 2023, and is the only writer to have won in both languages. Quill and the Last Generation is her debut fantasy novel, drawing on Celtic myths and the Welsh language stories of her childhood. Lewis is a visiting lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University and lives with her family on a farm near Aberystwyth.

Interior Art: Marina Vidal particularly likes illustrating fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, and horror books, and has illustrated for many notable international authors, such as Terry Pratchett. She enjoys making zines and taking them to comic book fairs. She also teaches at a comics school in Sabadell, Spain. She loves cats, raccoons, mushrooms, board games, and green tea. Marina lives in Barcelona, Spain, with her cat.

Cover Art: Khadijah is a Malaysian illustrator and concept artist who is passionate about music, film, and fashion. Born in the sunny, bustling city of Kuala Lumpur, Khadijah has illustrated more than 50 book covers for publishers such as National Geographic, Disney, Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan Publishers. Khadijah’s most known works are her reimagined, new covers for Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus. As she is diverse in the work that she does, Khadijah has also worked on concept art for films and games, as well as illustrated an album cover for K-pop’s AleXa.

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