"Unremittingly tense... A compelling, colorful tale that ushers in a world of mythical beings and endless deceptions." — Kirkus Reviews
A child is taken by the fae.
To save her, a dangerous bargain must be made.
There are older laws than those written by men.
In a quiet English village where gaslight flickers against stone and the hedgerows whisper at dusk, something long-buried has begun to stir. The folk of the hills were never gone. They were waiting.
Elizabeth knows only that her family's history is not what it seems. A forgotten inheritance moves through her blood — a memory older than language, older than prayer — and with it comes the dangerous attention of a court that does not forgive trespass.
Beyond the veil lies Elphame: a realm bound by covenant and governed by ancient decree. Its queens do not rule by mercy. Its emissaries do not speak without purpose. And its laws, once invoked, are not easily set aside.
As the boundary between worlds thins, Elizabeth is drawn into a struggle shaped long before her birth — a struggle of oaths, succession, and power that glitters like gold and cuts like iron. What was taken will be reckoned. What was promised will be claimed.
Moonshine is not a tale of careless magic.
It is a Victorian myth of the perilous folk —
of generational memory, of sacred thresholds,
and of the quiet, irrevocable cost of keeping wonder alive.
For readers who cherish the depth of classic fantasy, the shadowed elegance of Gothic literature, and the weight of worlds that feel as though they have always existed.
The Chronicle begins.
Perfect For readers of:
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
The Once and Future Witches
LOTR
A Victorian fantasy of faery courts, stolen children, and the human mother who defies two queens."
