Lunasa Days - Softcover

Jacob, Drew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0992005949 ISBN 13: 9780992005948

Publisher: Northwest Passage Books, 2013

Synopsis

Debuted at #1 in Fantasy and #2 in Literary Fiction in the Kindle Free Store.

In 2012 author Andre Sólo set out to cross the United States with no money and no car. One night he found himself in a thunderstorm and took shelter in a tiny grove of trees. Alone, tired, sunburnt and thirsty, he did the only thing he could to pass the night: he began to write a story. That story became Lúnasa Days.

Lúnasa Days tells the tale of a similar, but much harder journey. It follows Bailey, a modern day magician who sells his spells for a living—but has lost faith in his powers. Wandering the Midwest in search of a purpose, Bailey stumbles on a farm town stricken by drought. He’s given a home by a surprising cast of characters and begins to peddle his magic, only to find he’s powerless to save the corn. The one person who understands his plight is Emily, a local girl that most people prefer to avoid. Together, the two will have to find a way to save the farms, and see if they can change their Fate.

Sólo depicts magic as if it’s hiding just out of sight in our everyday world. He writes in a crisp, simple style, his characters bristling with belief and doubt. Lúnasa Days takes its place among the best of contemporary magical realism. It’s a story you’ll feel in your heart, and it will leave you wanting more.

About this title

Product Description:

There's a dwindling late in summer, a sadness. And a loner on the roads. He left a life that wasn't bad. Everyone said he was good at his job, even his boss. But when he was young he knew something. He had a fate, a reason to exist. He never quite found it, and every autumn it slipped further away. He stopped one day for food. A gas station, like any other, but the man there was friendly. Bored. He liked the look of the young guy with his bike, and he spoke to him. "Where you headed?" It was a hard question. "Well, what do you do?" Vagabond. Can you say vagabond? Is that a career? He looked aside. "I cast spells," he said. The man had some work for him. - Lunasa Days is a modern literary fable about the search for a purpose in life, and how difficult that is to find. It follows Bailey, a magician who has lost his faith in his powers-but not his will to explore."

About the Author:

Andre Sólo is a traveling philosopher and author. He believes that the best way to find a purpose in life is to go on an adventure. He built a successful career in nonprofits but gave it up to put his ideas to the test.

Andre writes of the world the way he sees it: laced with hidden enchantment. He creates evocative stories of magical realism and modern-day fables. As a philosopher, his work has earned him a seat as a contributing scholar at State of Formation, a project of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, and as a columnist at Patheos.org. He was chosen to speak at the Hero Round Table, a cross-disciplinary conference on creating real heroism in today's world. He has never done anything heroic, but wants to live a life worthy of being remembered.

Slowly Andre is making his way 9,000 miles to Brazil by bicycle and by foot. He has no permanent home but returns often to New Orleans. He published a weekly dispatch from his journey at http://www.RoguePriest.net.

About this edition

• Publisher: Northwest Passage Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0992005949
• ISBN 13: 9780992005948
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 129