Halitor the Hero

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It's come to my attention that I really need to highlight my backlist from time to time. Over the past 12 years I've published 4 middle grade novels and a picture book in addition to 6 cozy mysteries, and they deserve a little love now and again!

Today's feature:

A Fair Maiden who breaks all the rules.  A would-be Hero who fails everything by the book.  It’ll be the adventure of a lifetime… if they survive past breakfast.


Okay, for one thing, this may still be my favorite cover. For another, I love the story and so will you--and your 8-12 year old kids! I wrote this out of my own love of fantasy, tempered by an awareness of the absurdity of many high fantasy conventions.

A would-be Hero in training, looking for a princess to rescue. A Fair Maiden who breaks all the rules, working as a kitchen wench. In this fun fantasy adventure they form a team that seems doomed to failure. But things don’t always go as expected in the lands below the Ice Castle.

Halitor is ready to give up and settle down to work as a kitchen boy, as long as they feed him. But Melly wants to find her father, and she’s pretty good at getting her way. Halitor is in over his head, but what he learns along the way is a lot more than just how to be a Hero, and he’ll never forget it.


This story is for heroes of all sorts, and fair maidens who don't wait to be rescued. Ages 8-12.

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