Premiere: first video trailer for The Way of the River
I am beyond excited to be able to finally share the new book trailer for The Way of the River! Music was written by my father, Pete Lambros—a piece from a full musical score he wrote to accompany the story (decades in the making, first time sharing!). More on that to come!
Help spread the word! If you know anyone who might be interested (parents of readers age 8-14, as well as older teens and adults who enjoy the genre), here's some information you can include in posts, emails, texts or however you want to share, along with a link to the just-released video trailer.
> Link to trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/KmDtepi8Bkk
Trailer edited and produced by M. Spyker
Trailer text by D. DeLuca Lambros
Photo by A. Blatcher
“Iveria” music score copyright ©2021 Pete Lambros, all rights reserved.
Illustrations copyright ©2021 Thomas Spyker, all rights reserved.
The Way of the River: Kellandale Wood (Book One) copyright ©2021 Shan L. Spyker, all rights reserved.
The Way of the River: Kellandale Wood (Book One) Grab A Copy!
Middle Grade Fantasy/Adventure
Recommended ages: 8-14, as well as older teens and adults who enjoy the genre 368 pages
Available in paperback and eBook formats
Meet Elinora and Tillie Wolton and their allies in The Way of the River in the new middle grade fantasy adventure by Shan L. Spyker, a tale teeming with animals, nature, friendships and family, a forest shrouded in mystery, a young wolfhound with an extraordinary ability, and a rescue mission that pits them all against a treacherous and unscrupulous showman.
Available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble.com, Apple Books, Bookshop.org, IndieBound, shanspykerauthor.com , and online everywhere else books are sold. Also available in eBook format .
SynopsisLife is perfect for fifteen-year-old Elinora Wolton...for the most part. Anxious by nature and resistant to the often painful metamorphosis of growing up, she is most content when she is able to avoid uncomfortable feelings and experiences. This proves easy enough to do living a secure, sheltered life at Kellandale, a quiet country estate that has been isolated from many of the world's problems.
But in Kellandale Wood (Book One): The Way of the River, a tween fantasy/adventure set a hundred years ago in the country of Eldmoor, this estate also happens to sit on the edge of a vast forest. Known as Wyches Wood to some, it is a forest with a centuries-old reputation of being haunted. No one has dared to enter it for the last two hundred years, and Elinora and her precocious, easily bored younger sister Tillie have been strictly forbidden from going near it by their parents—a fact that drives Tillie mad.
This all changes when they witness a man dropping a mysterious parcel into the river within their property. Despite Elinora's initial reluctance, Tillie—curious and relentlessly persistent—persuades Elinora to go searching for it with her, taking them deep into the woods. There they discover an abandoned young wolfhound with an extraordinary ability, setting them off on a dangerous rescue mission and pitting them against a greedy and unscrupulous man.
As they begin to unravel the circumstances surrounding the abandonment, they discover what links their family to the forest, and the forest to the pup's own traumatic past. Together with their many allies, Elinora and Tillie set out to achieve what seems impossible, ultimately revealing the truth of the legendary enchanted woods and the mystic river that flows through it.
More About the StoryIn a world suffering from greed, threats of animal extinction, social injustice, and threats to the environment, this tale is a reflection on the importance of cherishing our own interconnectedness to nature, to one-another, and to all living beings. It’s been my purpose to write a story for a young audience that is hopeful to read, one that encourages kindness, compassion, open communication, the recognition and celebration of diversity, and working with others to enact positive change—told within the context of a fantasy adventure. The Way of the River is the result, and is a 368 page middle grade/tween tale written with readers age 10-14 in mind. If you are drawn to stories such as Mary Stewart’s The Little Broomstick, Hayao Miyazaki’s Totoro, CS Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series, or Diana Wynne Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle, this might be the next book for you!
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