"PHILOMENA: A TALE FROM THE COR NOVAN SKY ALMANAC is a work of spectacular imagination and intricately worked plot at its finest, combining to form a richly engrossing narrative that moves quickly and ends too soon."
- Indiereader.com
When the Sovereign ruled Cor Nova, the shipmasters ruled the sky. But now that the Imperium Titus has taken over, every ship sails on the edge of a knife. Young airman Cyprian Fields isn't one to turn away from danger. During his service as the deckmaster of an old freighter named Philomena, the arrival of mysterious young physician Basil Black and alluring stowaway Veronica Stromm turn the intrepid boy officer's world upside-down.
Suddenly, Cyprian and Philomena's ragtag crew are thrown into a wonderful and perilous adventure that will take them to the furthest reaches of air, land, and sea. In the midst of whispering Silverspoons and murderous admirals, printing presses and aetherolabes, fleets and fortresses, Cyprian, Veronica, and Basil must decide whether they will face down the might of the Imperium or allow the doom descending on Cor Nova to overwhelm them all.
--Winner of the 2015 Tuscany Prize for Young Adult Fiction--
"Philomena is a story quite unlike any other. At times it’s a classic adventure story, at others a brilliantly realised fantasy. It can enthral young readers with its buoyant fun, and still entice adults with its depth and themes.
It’s like The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, but more innocent;
similar to Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, but way more Catholic;
almost a Pirates of the Caribbean in book-form, but more hopeful and less wet!"
~Thomas Saywell, CatholicFiction.Net
- Indiereader.com
When the Sovereign ruled Cor Nova, the shipmasters ruled the sky. But now that the Imperium Titus has taken over, every ship sails on the edge of a knife. Young airman Cyprian Fields isn't one to turn away from danger. During his service as the deckmaster of an old freighter named Philomena, the arrival of mysterious young physician Basil Black and alluring stowaway Veronica Stromm turn the intrepid boy officer's world upside-down.
Suddenly, Cyprian and Philomena's ragtag crew are thrown into a wonderful and perilous adventure that will take them to the furthest reaches of air, land, and sea. In the midst of whispering Silverspoons and murderous admirals, printing presses and aetherolabes, fleets and fortresses, Cyprian, Veronica, and Basil must decide whether they will face down the might of the Imperium or allow the doom descending on Cor Nova to overwhelm them all.
--Winner of the 2015 Tuscany Prize for Young Adult Fiction--
"Philomena is a story quite unlike any other. At times it’s a classic adventure story, at others a brilliantly realised fantasy. It can enthral young readers with its buoyant fun, and still entice adults with its depth and themes.
It’s like The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, but more innocent;
similar to Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, but way more Catholic;
almost a Pirates of the Caribbean in book-form, but more hopeful and less wet!"
~Thomas Saywell, CatholicFiction.Net
