‘Ugh, this smoke is awful’, Min coughed.

She stared at the boiling charcoal clouds spuming high on the horizon and shuddered.
Her wings were throbbing, sending her incomprehensible messages as shafts of pain in her shoulders.

MIN BARKLIN AND THE SILVER RADIANTS

Min Barklin is an anxious glin and a rare, but fledgling Intuitor who loathes her wings and their incomprehensible premonitions. Otherwise, she had lived happily with her much loved clan in a back garden, on the canopy of a gumtree, until . . .

Ottilyn, a megowl unexpectedly arrives from the secret valley, Glintadel. He requests she join him on a dangerous expedition to help protect an ancient forest and its precious eco-system. Min is deeply reluctant, but her wings compel her to accept.

Ottilyn, a megowl from Lower Glintadel

On the journey, as Min and her companions are confronted by some terrifying life-threatening experiences, she has to quickly learn her skills. She can soon intuit energies, and speak the language of the forests and its creatures. And she discovers the magic of the radiants’ eco-system.

In doing so, Min takes on the role of leader. She leans on her friends, as they desperately problem solve how to save the forest. It is a race against time as the Fearsome-led fires ferocious inferno approachs.

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TULLY8.5 years

Hi Sandy, It’s Amélie here. I’ve just finished reading your manuscript and want to thank you so much for involving me in this process. It was a very enjoyable read because the characters were really easy to relate to and it portrayed really important messages about the environment and mental health. The book has very vivid descriptions and I’m not someone who usually likes reading lots of descriptions but they were great. The depth of language makes me think you could pitch it at a wider audience as I think teenagers would understand it more than younger readers and would also be able to relate to the characters further. I really felt attached to the characters, especially Fitlin, and the relief I felt when Min and Fitlin were rescued was immense! Thanks again for this wonderful opportunity. Best wishes, Amélie

AMELIE14 years old

I think you have done an awesome job in creating believable characters and a plot that is well controlled and beautifully developed. The descriptive writing helps to place the whole thing in a world that is at once real and fantastical. Can’t wait to read Book 2.

NICKIEnglish Literature teacher

‘You have skilfully captured a whole eco-system, and the parallels between it and our bushfires, and Min’s world, and the complexity of it all. It was magical. But, also the ‘alarmingness’ of it all, which you made accessible to all ages. Once they were on their journey I was blown away. It gave me a whole other way to appreciate trees and a deeper connection to every being in our eco-system.

ADELESecondary school drama teacher

‘Ugh, this smoke is awful’, Min coughed.

MIN BARKLIN AND THE SILVER RADIANTS

Ottilyn, a megowl from Lower Glintadel

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