An epic, hopeful reimagining of The Stolen Child?in which nobody was stolen.
• a neurodivergent heroine, written by a neurodivergent author • a quest that asks too much • nervous-system-friendly • an awkward love interest you never thought you'd root for • a non-toxic love triangle you didn't know you needed • benevolent Fae • no hostile hierarchies • positive masculinity, where the strongest are the most gentle • found family with Fae roots • identity, redemption, earth-breaking power
...all held in a deeply crafted, welcoming world where ancient magic sings through the landscape, and somehow feels like home.
"...[for] readers who enjoy immersive secondary-world fantasy, especially fantasy that leans lyrical, spiritual, and emotionally earnest rather than fast and sharp-edged. [THE ELEMENTIST] does not rush to explain itself...but gives back atmosphere, sincerity, and a real sense of wonder." ? Literary Titan Review
What is it like, to hear the song of all that is? To feel it, in your body?
What is it like to not know who you are, but to love the world so deeply, it loves you back?
What is it like to discover yourself in innocence? To discover love?
What is it like to discover your full power...and then learn what it requires?
Found in a forest above the moors, Caedris doesn't know who she is, or what the gem-like mark on her arm means. She only knows there is something she must find.
Presumed taken and returned by Faelights ? the last vestiges of the Fae who once brought abundance ? she's lost in the songs of the world around her, longing to stay in their embrace. But something haunts her, and it won't leave her alone; until a vision at a stone circle sets her on a quest to reach a broken relic somehow linked to the disappearance of the Fae.
All with such visions go mad...within a year.
Only, Caedris can heal the relic, returning the Fae, and prosperity, if she discovers her past and masters the power of her mark in time. But leaving the kindly folk who found her to seek answers with a scorned Lorekeeper reveals secrets she could never have guessed about herself, her Elemental power, and an ancestral legacy that must be answered for.
With an important role for disabled characters and a collaborative culture you'd actually want to live in, THE ELEMENTIST is for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, and for slow-burn, lyrical romantasy readers who wanted more of A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross.
In keeping with the ethos of the story, THE ELEMENTIST e-book is available for all to read without a price barrier. #BeTheChange...#TisGifted!
