Life outside the domes is not possible. At least that’s what Insiders are told.
Twins Eli and Talia shouldn’t exist. They’re Outsiders.
Their home is a secret. Their lives are a secret. Arafel is a secret.
An unexpected forest raid forces Talia into a desperate mission to rescue her family while protecting the sacred Book of Arafel from those who would use it as a weapon. As Talia and her lifelong friend Max enter the dome, she makes some unexpected discoveries and an ally – in the form of rugged Insider August – that will change the course of her life for ever.
She’ll stop at nothing to save her family but will she sacrifice her heart in the process?
The Fire Sermon meets Gladiator in this brilliant YA debut.
Book of Fire
Michelle Kenney
ONE PLACE. MANY STORIES
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MICHELLE KENNEY
is a self-confessed scribbleaholic. She can usually be found daydreaming about mystical, fantasy worlds, and doctors say she’s pretty incurable.
Michelle is a graduate of the Curtis Brown Writing for Children Novel Course. She also holds a LLB (Hons) Degree and is currently an Accredited Practitioner with the CIPR, with whom she has won several national awards for her Magazine & Media/PR related work.
Michelle is currently represented by Chloe Seager of Diane Banks Associates and can be found, along with her Curtis Brown scribbling friends, at www.thescribblersonline.com
Working with HQ Digital has felt like stepping inside a story itself, and wouldn’t have happened without the belief of the fantastic people who’ve supported my writing adventure so far.
So, special thanks to:
Hannah Smith, my inspirational editor, for all her time and effort in helping shape and edit Book of Fire, and to the amazing HQ design team for one of the most dramatic covers I’ve ever seen.
Chloe Seager (Diane Banks Associates), the best fragent a girl could ever want to do a Haga with, and for spotting Book of Fire in the slush pile in the first place.
Catherine Johnson, the Curtis Brown Creative team and Aki Schilz at The Literary Consultancy, for providing advice and valuable words of encouragement when I needed them most.
My amazing family and friends who’ve put up with all the late night texts, cancelled coffees and overcooked pizzas - Nick, my North Star from the South; and the entire Kenney clan for showing me, every day, that life is precious.
And finally to…the coolest gang of writers I’ve ever been proud to call my own, The Scribblers, you know who you are - and you rock!
Dedicated to:
My precious Mum and Dad,
for encouraging me to dream
&
Gramp
George Frankum, 1910-1999
who always believed I’d do it.
In the old world, people foraged for food in bright cities the size of the forest, Grandpa said, and rode toxic boxes on wheels, instead of running with the sun.
Embellished truth or plain fiction, Grandpa’s fireside myths were my favourite part