This (part three): This Citadel, Wherein the Elfyn Royal Reside

by Remy Dean

The Elfyn Citadel is a place of magics and mysteries that Rietta and Carla are eager to explore. The handsome young Prince takes a special interest in them as they begin to unlock their own magical powers using talismans, spells, wands and ancient books of stone that they alone can open. It all seems so much like a fairy tale, until the terrifying King of Bones pays a visit and the girls are coerced into hunting a unicorn. As the Mumblebone menace grows, they discover that everyone seems to hide a secret. It becomes increasingly hard to tell friend from foe and soon the girls realise they are in far greater danger than they ever imagined. This That and the Other is imaginative fantasy, on an epic scale. The story follows the special friendship between two girls who embark on a magical adventure together, across the three realms. It is a modern fable inspired by fairy tales and folklore whilst remaining relevant to today's most important issues, in the tradition of The Neverending Story, The Box of Delights, The Chronicles of Narnia…

427 pages, Paperback

Published January 28, 2020

About the author

Remy Dean was born in Newport, Gwent, 1965, and now lives with his wife, daughter and dog in Snowdonia.

He is an artist and author of more than ten published books and more than fifty features in national newspapers and magazines. He is also a story-teller, lecturer on art and folklore, and hosts creative workshops.

Remy's latest novel, THIS, is the first in an epic fairy-tale-fantasy series inspired by local folklore and, written with Zel Cariad as creative consultant, is his first book for children and young adults.

This, book one of the THIS, THAT and THE OTHER trilogy, is available now, via amazon.

Non-fiction books by Dean include biographies and critiques of Nick Cave, Henry Rollins, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Suede, Lydia Lunch, Celine Dion(!) and more recently the web-active history of art textbook, EVOLUTION OF WESTERN ART.

His works of fiction for grown-ups include SCRAPSs, a novel, FINAL BOUGH, a tale of the supernatural, and the recent short story collection, THE RACE GLASS.