RHA and THE hidden world OF SHADES is a dual point of view 73.000-word Upper MG fantasy novel with series potential, set in a vast world of both wonder and dark secrets.
When fourteen-year-old Rha Ventura, a misfit with eyebrows like hairy caterpillars, sets out on her latest venture to find the Ever Blue Road that leads to the Kingdom of Shades, part of her doesn’t really believe she might finally succeed. Especially not when the nightly excursion ends with her falling from a tall bell tower, smack in the middle of the village she is so desperate to escape. But when Rha opens her eyes, she is somewhere else, the sun on her skin, a vague memory of whooshing over a blue path spinning in her head. Somehow she has found the way to the land of her fantasy, but when Rha stumbles upon a mysterious stone, the Kingdom of Shades turns out a lot darker a fairytale than she had imagined, and it seems like everything lurking in its shadows begins to hunt her.
Luckily, Rha is not alone. Two boys, a showy swordfighter and a witty archer, and a young woman with a talent for chopping off monster heads, are fast becoming her first real friends. Together they brave the living hedges of an enchanted labyrinth, brew mad escape plans, and find the hidden path to an ancient Shade city where Rha will face her biggest threat; Victoria Vreesch, a cruel girl who has secretly followed her from way back home, plotting to take everything good away from her. Trickery, marvelous tournaments, and a grand heist await as Rha and Victoria gather allies and fight for the stone that’ll not only shape the Kingdom of Shades but determine who can stay and who’ll be banished for good.
