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‘Just Human’ by Angel Hellyer to be released 15 Nov 2024

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JUST HUMAN by Angel Hellyer

Supernatural classmates, deadly mysteries, and homework.

Imagine if “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” was set in the world of Tim Burton’s “Wednesday” TV show. That gives you some idea of the vibe of “Just Human”, the latest urban fantasy novel by Australian author Angel Hellyer, which is due for release by Hague Publishing on 15 Nov.

No one knows how or why half the human population simply became mythical creatures one day. Some woke up with wings or pointed ears, while others only discovered their transformation when they burst into flames under the sun, or turned into a werewolf on the next full moon. What is certain is that the world has shifted, and those ‘just human’ have found themselves at the bottom of the social hierarchy.

For our protagonist, being a nerdy outcast was hard enough before this supernatural upheaval. Now, as a human in a school filled with ‘cool’ Creatures, life is even more challenging. But just as things seem to settle, strange and dangerous events occur – even more mysterious than their dad turning into a werewolf.

“Just Human” is a gripping tale of resilience, friendship, and the courage to stand out when everything around you changes.

Released15 Nov 2024 but available for pre-order from Amazon, your local bookstore, or from our own bookstore at https://www.shop.haguepublishing.com/product-category/author/angel-hellyer/

‘The Journing Plague’ is now available

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Front Cover showing a futuristic train and a pile of skullsShaune Lafferty Webb’s ‘The Journing Plague’, published by Hague Publishing and released 1 March is now available for pre-order from all online distributors and from your local bookshop, or direct from the publisher (including the first chapter at: http://www.z.haguepublishing.com/TJP

Tricked into joining the Resistance, Journer Kai Astada is tasked with disproving their government’s claim that the Journer caste is responsible for the plague now raging across Pedora. He didn’t expect to upend the world in the process.

A twist on the age-old question: Are we alone in the universe?

Ruth Fox’ ‘The White Pavilion’ – now available for pre-order (released 4 Dec)

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Imre is a Dancer of the White Pavilion and a courtesan in training. When she falls when performing the Dance of a Thousand Steps, a dance that has been performed every year for the past 500 years, she believes she has disrupted the will of the Pattern and is responsible for the disasters befalling her world.
Called to the Citadel by the Principe Thaniel she believes she is to be punished for her mistake. But at the Citadel, Imre finds the prince is both more and less than he seems. And even as Imre adjusts to her new life, the Brotherhood tightens its grip over the rotting, rusting metal city from their pedestal in the sky, and Imre finds her heart and loyalties torn between the Prince and Senor Grath, his Adviser.
But on a broken world that moves to the ticking of the Pendulum and the spinning of the Wheel, can Imre prevent her world from being torn apart?

And today ‘Petrichor’ was released to excellent reviews

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Today ‘Petrichor’ was released, and its already been attracting excellent reviews. A very small sample includes:

  • “Petrichor was a quick and entertaining read…Although it was heartbreaking to read at times, this book did an amazing job at transforming it’s characters as the story progressed.” — Andy Fernández
  • “We feel the despair when the rains do not come, the tension within the family, and Clayton trying to make things right-the way things were before Davo died.” –
    @BondiLorraine
  • “I finally found a book that my little sister could read. When ever I’m reading she’s always bugging me and asking if she can read what I read but at last I have found the perfect book.” – 
    @Munsakareads
  • “There is a deeply profound message in this story. One of the inner turmoil and suffering of the loss of family , and the hope that eventually they will overcome the darkness that lies within.” – Karla Kay

and more

‘PETRICHOR’ by Melanie Rees, to be released 15 October 2021.

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Cover of Petrichor, boy on parched paddock, fox spirit and dust demonThe ARCs are out (Advanced Reader Copies)  and we’re busily liaising with Henry Roi PR to get the news out there about the book before the release date.

Between them, the death of Clayton’s older brother, and the drought’s Red King, has almost broken Clayton’s father. Guided by the magical creature Waringa, Clayton embarks on a quest to free the rain spirits captured by the Red King. But his efforts draw the ire of his father, even as memories of Clayton’s role in his brother’s death begin to emerge.

A sample of the book, information, and reviews is available at: https://www.haguepublishing.com/sample/Petrichor.html, and pre-order is now available for both the ebook and paperback.

15% of the publisher’s revenue from the sale of this book will be donated to the charities: Rural Aid and Beyond Blue

 

NOW AVAILABLE – ‘The Wall Between the Worlds’ by Ruth Fox

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The trilogies three covers

Australian author Ruth Fox’s The Bridges’ Trilogy comes to a final, triumphant conclusion with the release of book 3 in the series – The Wall Between the Worlds.

The Bridges’ Trilogy by Ruth Fox

‘On a night of frost and ice, Cari falls from the sky, cast out of her world and into ours – and Australia’s Cassidy Heights will never be the same. For the secrets Cari bears are more dangerous than Jake, Keira, and Mikhal could possibly imagine.’

Praise for previous books in the series

“ … beautifully written with intriguing world building …” Christina – Ensconced in Fiction

“I love … its delicious mix of genres; allegory, family story, fantasy, science fiction. …” Readalot

“I heartily recommend this book at any reader who enjoys something a bit out of the general line.” Sally Odgers, Children’s and Teen Fiction Author

“Recommended for any science fiction or fantasy reader of any age. The author has created a world that is captivating, beautiful and dangerous all at the same time.” Geneva Handleman – Amazon Reviewer

“Here we have a second book of great world building” MartyAnne – Goodreads Reviewer

 

All books are available from your favourite on-line store,
on order from your local bookshop,
or direct from the publisher.

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Book 1: The City of Silver Light
paperback (978-0-6485714-7-6)
eBook (978-0-9872652-0-3)

It’s an unusually cold winter, but 15-year-old Jake is more concerned with the ice forming in his dad’s new relationship and the fact the girl he likes is dating his best friend.

And now his elderly neighbour is acting even weirder than usual. Could life get any more confusing?

Then Jake finds Cari, lost and alone. Who is she? What has she got to do with the sudden frost, and the silver city that has appeared in the sky? And what does his elderly neighbour, Mrs Henders, know about it all?

But the secrets Cari bears are more dangerous than Jake can ever imagine. And the fate of our entire world – and that of the City of Silver Light – now rests in their hands.

Book 2: Across the Bridge of Ice
paperback (978-0-6485714-8-3)
eBook (978-0-9872652-9-6)

Keira Leichman spent the night of the wild snowstorm that struck Australia’s Cassidy Heights injured and alone. But what really happened that night? Not even Keira can be sure. What she does know is that she’s been having strange dreams since the accident, and she’s stuck with a broken ankle and the possibility of never playing soccer again. That is, until she finds Jake’s telescope, and is drawn across the bridge of ice to Shar.

Now Keira is marooned in the City of Silver Light with Daniel, Jake’s younger brother, with no way to get home. But that is the least of their worries, for the secrets they discover in Shar are more dangerous than Kiera could ever have imagined.

Cover of 'The Wall Between the Worlds' showing young man playing a guitar in a parkBook 3: The Wall Between the Worlds
paperback (978-0-6485714-9-0)
eBook (978-0-6485714-6-9)

Australia’s Cassidy Heights is still recovering from the freak snowstorm that wreaked so much havoc two months before, but Mikhal has his own problems. All he wants to do is play his guitar but he’s failing every subject at school, and he’s just punched his best friend. And now his friends, Jake and Keira, are hiding something from him.

When Sharna Devon is assigned to tutor him, he can’t think of anything worse – until his mother decides he needs to help out with her charity work. But soon he and Sharna are dragged into the mystery Jake and Keira are working so hard to hide. Cari is still trapped between the worlds, and Cassidy Heights is in terrible danger.

It’s not going to be easy, but they have to stop the boundaries between the worlds collapsing before it’s too late, and perhaps Mikhal’s music may offer the solution.