Greg Herren is the author of Sorceress (Tiny Satchel Press,
$18.95 pb).
Greg
Herren is famous for his mysteries set in New Orleans, but this is a
new beginning for him and for his publisher, Victoria Brownworth and her new publishing
company specializing in children's and young adult lgbtq books, Tiny
Satchel Press. Sorceress is Herren's first young adult novel and Tiny Satchel Press' first book.
Laura Pryce, 17, has just completed her
junior year of high school when her parents are killed in a car accident and
she must go live with her Great Aunt Melisande, whom she has never met. Once at
her aunt's huge and rambling house, she discovers a series of paintings. The
faces of the women--all from different historical periods--are the same as
hers. Her aunt tells her it's a weird genetic anomaly--that each
generation has the face and that it brings with it an exciting future. But Laura begins to have strange and terrifying dreams. She
seeks out friendship in her aunt's assistant--Jake. Jake, however, has secrets
of his own. What happened to his family? As Laura feels increasingly isolated by her surroundings where
cell phones fail to work and internet connections easily die, the dreams
escalate until Laura cannot discern the difference between what is really a
dream and what is happening at the strange, huge house. All she is certain of
is that she is in danger...
