Joshua Johnson – författare

Janik was obliterated from existence. Atyrant known as Shaz had committed theultimate treason, ordering the capital citys dismemberment, killing thousands and sendingcountless more of his people out into the gloom.But that was thirty years ago.Rolzin is a veteran guardsman stationed in the new capital of Hizana. With his sword andwits he takes his responsibilities to heart, protecting those that cannot do it themselves. Butwhen a dream shows him a piece of history no one had ever witnessed, he begins to questionthis great lands past. But before he can, the darkness comes.A presence that has been following Rolzins movements for a lifetime has latched itselfonto him. As the voices swirl within his mind, the shadows begin to suffocate his humanity.And when he can no longer control his actions, and innocents bleed by his own hand, does hiscrumbling world fall away below his feet.He is in a race against time to discover the truth to what seeks him. To what is inside ofhim. As the questions pile up, and his very existence starts slipping, can Rolzin only solider ontowards his destiny, and an unexpected truth.

'Loved THE FOREVER SEA. Loved it. Sheer joy'Joanne M Harris, author of Chocolat and The Gospel of LokiSing.A story of hope and adventure, of loss and sacrifice, of the blue-sky surface world far above, where ships sail upon the endless grasses, a story of the Forever Sea, a story of you and I…Every story has its beginning and this one starts when a young sailor, Kindred Greyreach, hearthfire keeper and sailor aboard The Errant, receives some devastating news. Her grandmother—The Marchess, legendary captain and hearthfire keeper—has stepped from her vessel and disappeared into the Forever Sea. But the note she leaves Kindred suggests this was not an act of suicide. Something waits in the depths, and the Marchess has set out to find it.To follow in her grandmother's footsteps, Kindred will embroil herself in conflicts bigger than she could imagine: a water war; a mythic pirate city where monsters lurk; battles against beasts of the deep, driven to the brink of madness; and the elusive promise of a world below the grasses.Of all this, and much more, sing, memory.THE FOREVER SEA is a story about the beauty and threat of nature and the relationship between finite natural resources and infinite greed. It''s about leaving behind everything that is familiar and plunging into the terrifying unknown.I can rarely remember being this excited for a debut novel"Mary Robinette Kowal, Hugo- and Nebula Award winning author"Calls to mind Ursula K. Le Guin''s Earthsea series"Publishers Weekly