My debut fantasy novel, Greenhaelan, is now officially published!
I first began writing this story in 2014, with nothing but a title, a character – an Australian gardener named Sara – and a vague idea of transporting her to a place where magic was real.
Ever since I was a child, I’ve loved the idea of travelling through a wardrobe, a hidden gate, or a swirling vortex, to a completely different world. So I sent Sara on that journey and followed her to see what happened.
Back then, I could never have envisioned what this small germ of an idea would become. It’s been a magical and wondrous journey for me too. Sometimes tough, often joyful, but always absorbing. I hope readers will feel the same.
The story:
Self-employed gardener Sara Martin has known from childhood that gardens are enchanted places. But she never expected the magic to be literal.
Miraculously swept away to a landscape dying in the grip of an ecological disaster, Sara discovers that the enchantment is as real as the danger. And when a forbidden healing power manifests in her, she is forced to question everything she has built her life on.
Uncertain how far she can trust her outlaw companions, pursued by an enemy intent on her destruction, Sara must decide how much she is willing to risk for a place and a people that are not her own.
And she will be forced to face the question: what is the price for choosing a safe, little life?
Greenhaelan is available in Kindle Ebook and Paperback from Amazon worldwide. Just click on the link below: