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Deep beneath a modern metropolis lies the Catacombs, the kingdom of remarkable rats of superior intellect. Juniper and his maverick band of rebel rats have been plotting ever since the Bloody Coup turned the Catacombs, a once-peaceful democracy, into a brutal dictatorship ruled by decadent High Minister Killdeer and his vicious henchman, Billycan, a former lab rat with a fondness for butchery. When three young orphan rats--brothers Vincent and Victor and a clever female named Clover--flee the Catacombs in mortal peril and join forces with the rebels, it proves to be the spark that ignites the long-awaited battle to overthrow their oppressors and create a new city--Nightshade City. View the trailer on the Nightshade City website! NightshadeCity.com
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NIGHTSHADE CITY, Book I of the Nightshade Chronicles is a CBC Best Book of 2011 and winner of the 2011 Westchester Fiction Award. Book II, THE WHITE ASSASSIN, released in October 2011.ABOUT NIGHTSHADE CITY:Deep beneath a modern metropolis lies the Catacombs, a kingdom of remarkable rats of superior intellect. Following the Bloody Coup, the once peaceful democracy has become a dictatorship, ruled by decadent High Minister Killdeer and his vicious henchman Billycan, a former lab rat with a fondness for butchery. Three young orphan rats--brothers Vincent and Victor and a clever female named Clover--join forces with Billycan's archenemy, Juniper, and his maverick band of rebel rats as they plot to overthrow their oppressors and create a new city--Nightshade City. This impossible-to-put-down fantasy explores timeless themes of freedom, forgiveness, the bonds of family, and the power of love.Find out more about the rats of NIGHTSHADE at www.nightshadecity.comABOUT ME:I live in Chicago with my fantastic husband, Eric, & our two crazy kids! I love stories that make me smile when I read the ending, but leave me sad that I have no more left to read. That's how I know I've read a great book!For available rights questions , please contact my agent, Marietta Zacker of the Nancy Gallt Literary Agency.
