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Hello there. This morning I received an email from Harper Collins the Publishers, with the final cover art and wording for The Enchanted Quest.

I’ve added the wording on the cover to the page now  – to give you a glimpse of what is to come. I’ll also be posting sneak-peek chapters in a while – one in October, I think – and one in December, to lead up to publication in February 2010.

And before anyone asks – no, I’m not going to tell you if everything works out fine for Tania and Edric, nor am I going to tell you whether Rathina gets together with Connor, or whether Aldritch chokes to death on a sardine sandwich, as I’m sure several of you would like!

Oh, and by the way – I’ve added a few more pictures to the Gallery in Marisa’s Fan Club site – and I’ll be adding more later.

And in case any of you think I’m slacking, I can tell you I’m over half way through The Faerie Path book 6 – and I’m quite pleased with it so far!

Well, here’s something weird! Jade keeps turning up in The Faerie Path books – but do I ever actually say what she looks like? If not, does anyone have a mental image of Jade? I’m partly asking because a couple of you were thinking of an actor for Jade in the potential movie – so, what does she look like, do you think?

This is especially strange, because I have files of lots of details of people, places and things in Faerie and beyond – you know, a full description of Earl Valentine, a full description of The Royal Palace and a full description of the Amber Prisons and how they work – but for some strange reason my entry for Jade is blank. I think the Dark Arts have been at work here!

Oh, and I do rather like the idea of the same actor playing Mr Palmer and Oberon – in heavy disguise, of course. The only problem I see with this is that I always imagined Anita’s parents being late thirties or early forties – but I had Oberon down as a little older…what do you think? (Yes, I know Faerie folk live forever – but at what age do you imagine them stopping – or at least slowing right down – getting older-looking?)

Okay, I think we’re probably talked the whole Rathina/Edric/Tania/Connor thing pretty much into the ground now. So I was wondering if any of you might like to talk about something a bit different?

Let’s say Tania survives all her recent problems and decides to live at least part of her life in Faerie (I’m NOT saying this is what happens, I’m just making stuff up here…).

If you were Tania, where in Faerie would you like to live? The Royal Palace? Veraglad? One of the Caers – like where Hopie lives? Or somewhere else? Crystalhenge? Weir?

And if you had the time to explore the Immortal Realm of Faerie, which place or places would you most like to see? Leiderdale, perhaps? Or would you go way up north to visit Clorimel again? Or maybe you can think of a -place that hasn’t even been mentioned in the books yet? Some totally new magical place in Faerie? What’s it called? Where is it on the map? What would you do there?

And finally – who would you take on your travels? One of your sisters? Several of your sisters? All of them? Someone else? How would you choose and why?

Well, I’ve just started writing book six of the Faerie Path series, so the rest of my Summer is pretty much mapped out now.

Meanwhile, I see plenty of you are getting involved in the discussion about whether Tania should end up with Edric or Connor. A few people have suggested that maybe Connor could get together with Rathina. What do you think about that one? A Faerie Princess and a human boy? Is that a good idea or not? And what about the fact that “Love Never Dies” in Faerie? What do you think that really means? And lastly – does Rathina deserve to be happy after all the things she did? Is she bad or was she just under a bad spell cast over her by Gabriel Drake when she let the Sorcerer King loose?

Over to you.

Meanwhile, I’ll be trying to get Tania out of the terrible mess she got herself into at the end of Book Five! Sorry – you’ll have to wait a few months to find out about that.

bye for the moment

Allan Frewin Jones

I’ve had quite a few comments and messages from people who have read The Immortal Realm and who are really cut up about the problems Tania and Edric are going through – and begging me to let them know what will happen between them.

Of course, I’m not about to give a chunk of the plot of the next two books away, but I’ve tried to reassure these worried readers that Tania does meet Edric again in The Enchanted Quest…but that he’s dabbling even more in the Dark Arts. In fact, there’s this one scene where…nah! I’m not going to tell you that!

Anyway, my point here is that till now everyone has been hoping things will work out for Tania and Edric – but does everyone wish that?

I had one comment along the lines of: Hey, Tania – dump Edric – Connor rocks! So – anyone got an opinion about that?

By the way, I already know what happens – but you’re going to have to wait to find out. Sorry. Meanwhile – who are you rooting for – Edric or Connor?

Over to you!

Allan