"Die, die the hand is mine, to be human, is to live your life in the
blind."
"There was mud in my mouth, my knees dripped blood onto the uneven
pavement--little spatters of crimson rain. I bit down on my fist. I
wouldn't cry, it would only distract me from running."
"Ahead of me, a little girl is sleeping in the alley, her hand clenched
around a bundle of forget-me-nots. The moonlight spilling on her pale
skin turns her from innocent to wraith. Two days ago, I was her, a
forgotten face in a sea of the living dead--yet I was different. At
night I would shed my human skin and go back to my own kind. Go back to
my world with wings of light to carry me through the sky, where no
element, flame or weapon forged could claim my life."
"That was two nights ago, I am a fairy no longer. Tonight, I am
human...and if they catch me, I will die."
On the day the god Cronus was born, it is said, the earth quaked and
screamed at its core. The cliffs bordering the sea crashed together,
flames shot into the open sky. Each flame carried a Seelie fairy. In
their blood flowed the magic of the old worlds and the fire of
immorality. The Unseelie were formed in the ashes that fell to the
ground, they carried no flame and could die. The ruling gods struck an
accord with the Unseelie who protested their fate: Every hundred years,
a Seelie fairy must be human for three days, in that time, the Unseelie
could hunt their immortal flame, and gods would close their eyes.
A princess of firelight and next in line for the Seelie throne, Selyara
is a girl who wants only freedom. Given no protection, she must face
three days as a human, alone. Lavara sits on the Seelie throne as queen
regent until Selyara has completed and survived her human trial. If
Selyara dies, Lavara will take the throne. On the first eve of her
humanity, Selyara stands under the moon, trying to accept the fact that,
like so many ancestors before her, she may not survive the hunt.
Brought up in the ways of the Unseelie and trained as a blood hunter,
Lore captures the fairy named Selyara. Mystified and drawn to the girl
with the fire-red hair, he watches her trade her throne for the promise
of a friend's life. Faced with loyalty to his own queen and betraying
everything he knows, Lore must give his sword to a kingdom he has always
opposed, and a strange, magical girl--fast becoming more precious to him
than any immortal fire.
Side by side, Selyara, and Lore unlock dark secrets to break a blood
promise that will change their stars forever. Together, they fall into a
world of fairytales and all the Theories of Magic.
JP Roth & Sabine Rich's Theory of Magic graphic novel holds seven
chapters of full color art, drawn and colored by Sabine Rich, a cover
gallery as well as sketch and layout pages.
