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Magic Mirabelle and the Riddle of Night Opium
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Mirador Publishing’s latest literary sensation! - “Magic Mirabelle and the Riddle of Night Opium
If you liked Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and the Narnia and Harry Potter books, you will totally LOVE Mirador Publishing’s latest YA epic fantasy novel - “Magic Mirabelle and the Riddle of Night Opium.” The story begins in East Finchley London where, after making a Wish with her mother and little brother, the young Witch Mirabelle discovers a Magic Box with a very mysterious and enigmatic riddle in it.
The riddle has been left for Mirabelle by her admirer the Magician and Alchemist Night Opium, who wants to make the young Witch his apprentice and share his knowledge of Sorcery and Goldmaking with her. But neither the young Wizard nor Mirabelle fully comprehend the nature of the great powers that they are playing with and, not long after that, the young Witch discovers that her Romantic Fairytale has suddenly changed to become the most dreadful and sinsiter game: a game which has been played as part of the Rite of Passage of young Witches and Wizards for generations, called the Dungeons of Lethe (D.O.L.) Game.
To complete her Initiation as an apprentice Witch and emerge victorious in the D.O.L. Game, Mirabelle has to now overcome several powerful and deadly adversaries, including the deliciously wicked Lady Nightshadow and her ghastly Gold-making engines, as well as taking part in three Magical Battles or Tasks, each more psychologically demanding and gruelling than the last. If she fails or is defeated in any of these tasks not only will her own world of Magic and Fairytales be destroyed, but the sinisiter Lethean enchantments emanating from Lady Nightshadow's ghastly engines will continue to spin their Mistress's nefarious web over the inhabitants of the city of London.
Fortunately for her, Mirabelle has powerful friends and allies to help her in her struggle, the saucy one foot one Fairy, Apricot Lantern, the madly eccentric Father of Wishes and her devoted admirer, the Hermetic Goldmaker and Poet Night Opium himself. Eventually, during the third and last Battle with Lady Nightshadow, the young Witch realizes that for her to preserve her world of Magic and Fairytales and to save the world from a frightful Dystopian future, she will have to pool all her magic and resources together with Night Opium's knowledge of Sorcery and Hermetic Alchemy.
The nail biting climax to the story occurs, when one of London’s most prestigious theatre companies decides to ally themselves with the young Witch and her wacky Wizard by performing the latter's weird and wonderful poem, the Londres Witch. When the poem is staged, all of the power and magic from their pooled enchantment streams out into the historic centre of Westminster London.
Not long after, all the familiar places in the city like Trafalgur Square, Piccadily and Kensington Gardens become embroiled in the D.O.L. Game and the lives of the city's inhabitants is changed forever in a way that noone not even the Sorcerer or Mirabelle themselves could ever have foreseen,
See how in our amazing new YA fantasy adventure novel Magic Mirabelle and the Riddle of Night Opium!
Mirador Publishing’s latest literary sensation! - “Magic Mirabelle and the Riddle of Night Opium
If you liked Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and the Narnia and Harry Potter books, you will totally LOVE Mirador Publishing’s latest YA epic fantasy novel - “Magic Mirabelle and the Riddle of Night Opium.” The story begins in East Finchley London where, after making a Wish with her mother and little brother, the young Witch Mirabelle discovers a Magic Box with a very mysterious and enigmatic riddle in it.
The riddle has been left for Mirabelle by her admirer the Magician and Alchemist Night Opium, who wants to make the young Witch his apprentice and share his knowledge of Sorcery and Goldmaking with her. But neither the young Wizard nor Mirabelle fully comprehend the nature of the great powers that they are playing with and, not long after that, the young Witch discovers that her Romantic Fairytale has suddenly changed to become the most dreadful and sinsiter game: a game which has been played as part of the Rite of Passage of young Witches and Wizards for generations, called the Dungeons of Lethe (D.O.L.) Game.
To complete her Initiation as an apprentice Witch and emerge victorious in the D.O.L. Game, Mirabelle has to now overcome several powerful and deadly adversaries, including the deliciously wicked Lady Nightshadow and her ghastly Gold-making engines, as well as taking part in three Magical Battles or Tasks, each more psychologically demanding and gruelling than the last. If she fails or is defeated in any of these tasks not only will her own world of Magic and Fairytales be destroyed, but the sinisiter Lethean enchantments emanating from Lady Nightshadow's ghastly engines will continue to spin their Mistress's nefarious web over the inhabitants of the city of London.
Fortunately for her, Mirabelle has powerful friends and allies to help her in her struggle, the saucy one foot one Fairy, Apricot Lantern, the madly eccentric Father of Wishes and her devoted admirer, the Hermetic Goldmaker and Poet Night Opium himself. Eventually, during the third and last Battle with Lady Nightshadow, the young Witch realizes that for her to preserve her world of Magic and Fairytales and to save the world from a frightful Dystopian future, she will have to pool all her magic and resources together with Night Opium's knowledge of Sorcery and Hermetic Alchemy.
The nail biting climax to the story occurs, when one of London’s most prestigious theatre companies decides to ally themselves with the young Witch and her wacky Wizard by performing the latter's weird and wonderful poem, the Londres Witch. When the poem is staged, all of the power and magic from their pooled enchantment streams out into the historic centre of Westminster London.
Not long after, all the familiar places in the city like Trafalgur Square, Piccadily and Kensington Gardens become embroiled in the D.O.L. Game and the lives of the city's inhabitants is changed forever in a way that noone not even the Sorcerer or Mirabelle themselves could ever have foreseen,
See how in our amazing new YA fantasy adventure novel Magic Mirabelle and the Riddle of Night Opium!
308 pages, Paperback
Published March 1, 2017
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Manfred
24 books28 followersBiography of Manfred -Author of MAGIC MIRABELLE AND THE RIDDLE OF NIGHT OPIUM
ABOUT ME: Hi my name is Manfred. As those of you with a background in Romantic Poetry will have guessed, I am named after the Byronic hero of the poem with the same name. I am a Goodreads author, Romantic Poet and Apprentice Goldmaker with a passion for Fairytales, Romances and the dark and murky world of the paranormal.
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As a child I read anything I could get my hands on - fairytales, fantasy novels and ghost stories. I also loved reading comic books - anything from Casper to Spider Man and Doctor Strange. As far as I can recall the only time that I was ever really happy at school was when I was hanging out in the playground or reading the books I borrowed from the school library.
During high school this feeling of existential aloneness became even more prominent. And as soon as I finished my twelfth year, I dived into the enchanted world of the Romantic Poets like Blake, Keats and Byron and the world of High Fantasy and Faery Romance, like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and George Macdonald's Lilith and Phantastes. Along with my love for poetry and fantasy, I was also fascinated by the Qabalah and Hermetic Alchemy.
The two interests sort of combined, and along with casting Magic Circles and Pentagrams, playing with Tarot cards and practising astral projection in my bedroom, I did heaps of writing - poetry, fairytales, Romance novels. plays and short stories. I also grabbed a guitar, bought a piano and composed heaps of songs, The songs, stories and poems were all on the same theme - the fairies, the Old Ways, Magic and lovers meeting again after several lifetimes of separation!
MY LITERARY INFLUENCES: Every writer's work is influenced by the writers he or she most admires. My three major literary influences are the Golden Dawn occultist Dion Fortune (especially Moon Magic and The Mystical Qabalah), the Romantic Poet and Radical William Blake (most noteably The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and Songs of Innocence and Experience) and the Scottish Father of Fairytales George Macdonald (the Faery Romances like Phantastes and Lilith totally blew me away when I first read them). At the same time, my work is strongly influenced by the classic Fairytales which I read when I was a boy and rediscovered again when I was older - such as Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and the Narnia books - and eventually Harry Potter.
WHAT I DO IN MY SPARE TIME:
When I am not writing and trying to make gold I like to watch films (DVDS), listen to my favourite music, classical, pop or rock, travel to exotic places like India when I can afford it, read my favourite books and take Shimba for walks (sometimes with my son) in the forest. My favourite foods are pizza, lasagne, vegetable pies and spicy Indian cuisine. I also have an addiction to drinking hot chocolate and eating very rich and yummy cheese cakes!
I am open to all friend requests and am currently offering a Free Ebook copy of my book - in exchange for a short review on Goodreads.......
For further information about me and my book, visit my Amazon Author Page -
amazon.com/author/riddleofnightopium
Thanks for reading my Bio
Manfred
ABOUT ME: Hi my name is Manfred. As those of you with a background in Romantic Poetry will have guessed, I am named after the Byronic hero of the poem with the same name. I am a Goodreads author, Romantic Poet and Apprentice Goldmaker with a passion for Fairytales, Romances and the dark and murky world of the paranormal.
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As a child I read anything I could get my hands on - fairytales, fantasy novels and ghost stories. I also loved reading comic books - anything from Casper to Spider Man and Doctor Strange. As far as I can recall the only time that I was ever really happy at school was when I was hanging out in the playground or reading the books I borrowed from the school library.
During high school this feeling of existential aloneness became even more prominent. And as soon as I finished my twelfth year, I dived into the enchanted world of the Romantic Poets like Blake, Keats and Byron and the world of High Fantasy and Faery Romance, like Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and George Macdonald's Lilith and Phantastes. Along with my love for poetry and fantasy, I was also fascinated by the Qabalah and Hermetic Alchemy.
The two interests sort of combined, and along with casting Magic Circles and Pentagrams, playing with Tarot cards and practising astral projection in my bedroom, I did heaps of writing - poetry, fairytales, Romance novels. plays and short stories. I also grabbed a guitar, bought a piano and composed heaps of songs, The songs, stories and poems were all on the same theme - the fairies, the Old Ways, Magic and lovers meeting again after several lifetimes of separation!
MY LITERARY INFLUENCES: Every writer's work is influenced by the writers he or she most admires. My three major literary influences are the Golden Dawn occultist Dion Fortune (especially Moon Magic and The Mystical Qabalah), the Romantic Poet and Radical William Blake (most noteably The Marriage of Heaven and Hell and Songs of Innocence and Experience) and the Scottish Father of Fairytales George Macdonald (the Faery Romances like Phantastes and Lilith totally blew me away when I first read them). At the same time, my work is strongly influenced by the classic Fairytales which I read when I was a boy and rediscovered again when I was older - such as Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and the Narnia books - and eventually Harry Potter.
WHAT I DO IN MY SPARE TIME:
When I am not writing and trying to make gold I like to watch films (DVDS), listen to my favourite music, classical, pop or rock, travel to exotic places like India when I can afford it, read my favourite books and take Shimba for walks (sometimes with my son) in the forest. My favourite foods are pizza, lasagne, vegetable pies and spicy Indian cuisine. I also have an addiction to drinking hot chocolate and eating very rich and yummy cheese cakes!
I am open to all friend requests and am currently offering a Free Ebook copy of my book - in exchange for a short review on Goodreads.......
For further information about me and my book, visit my Amazon Author Page -
amazon.com/author/riddleofnightopium
Thanks for reading my Bio
Manfred
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March 30, 2017
I received a copy from the author, in exchange for an honest review.
Actual Rating: 3.5
Thank you Manfred for the opportunity to read your book. This was a great read. The storyline was interesting as it shifted from a fairytale to a more appropriate YA story to a dark fantasy adventure. I really enjoyed the last half of the book as Mirabelle is now the Lethe Games and also the duel with her arch rival, Lady Nightshade. There were some boring parts but overall, the story was engaging and different. Overall, an enjoyable read.
Actual Rating: 3.5
Thank you Manfred for the opportunity to read your book. This was a great read. The storyline was interesting as it shifted from a fairytale to a more appropriate YA story to a dark fantasy adventure. I really enjoyed the last half of the book as Mirabelle is now the Lethe Games and also the duel with her arch rival, Lady Nightshade. There were some boring parts but overall, the story was engaging and different. Overall, an enjoyable read.
January 29, 2018
Where do I even start with this book..... Firstly, the idea of having the book written in the perspective of Mirabelle as she aged intrigued me immensely. However as I dived into reading it also made the book a bit of a slow burner and I found it difficult to get motivated and continue with story. The writing style, while very descriptive and magical, was not for me and again I found it difficult to wrap my head around it and was often left confused. The story itself was very whimsical and I found myself growing to enjoy the company of some of the characters. The message at the end of the book about love really resonated with me and found the connection between Mirabelle and her family a sweet touch. Overall this book was interesting and jam packed with juicy bits of knowledge and philosophy, however I myself couldn't fully get into it or connect with Mirabelle and this took away from the enjoyment of the book.
September 17, 2022
I personally did not enjoy this book due to the way the writing was and how the book was set up. This book is about Mirabelle and how she loves reading and how she is a witch. I found the plot of this book very intriguing and when I first began reading I found it interesting. The beginning is set differently with Mirabelle growing as you continue reading. It was slow for me in the beginning, but I kept reading and hoping to get something to draw me in. I continued until about 30% and I didn't want to have to force myself to read about the Night Opium and the fairies that were among the story. To me, the book seemed more of a middle-grade book than it does for young adult because of the plot and how the writing in the book was. The entire idea of the book was interesting, but when reading I became confused in the magic world and how it was represented.
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