The Republic of Dreams

Sixteen-year-old Tamurlaine is approaching her coronation, the day when she will officially assume rule over the Kingdom of Balthasar, a magical land where teenagers have the power to turn dreams into reality. But an assassin is preparing to kill her at the ceremony, and no one can stop him because he is sneaking into Balthasar from another universe – ours.Tamurlaine must get help from her only friend in our universe, Toby Porter, a 14-year-old boy living in a small town in England. The trouble for Toby is that the coronation is only a week away, and he has no idea where the killer is hiding.

'An evocative fantasy from the acclaimed author of The Wolf Road.' (on Shadow Town) -- Sunday Times
'Multifaceted, an epic and witty adventure. Toby is so real he steps from the pages.' (on Shadow Town) -- Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks' War
'A smart, punch-packing page-turner, with engrossing atmosphere.' (on Shadow Town) -- LoveReading4Schools

Richard Lambert was born in London. For the last ten years he has lived in Norfolk where he works for the NHS and writes stories and poems. One of his stories was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Short Story Award and another won the Fish Short Story Prize, and his poems have been in the Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator, and The Forward Prize Anthology. Australian actor Laurence Boxhall graduated from NIDA and went on to perform in Melbourne Theatre Company’s enormously successful 2019 production of Shakespeare in Love. He was also the Gen Z captain in Channel Nine’s popular Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, with Shaun Micallef.

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