The Son of Poetry

A Scottish schoolboy becomes a hero in a land of myth and magic.

Louis Song is completing his last year of high school in Edinburgh. His world revolves around achieving academic excellence and acceptance to a top university. For Louis, his grades mean everything. But self-doubt and exhaustion plague him as he often studies into the early hours of the morning.

Annwfn is the mystical name of the Celtic Otherworld. It is also the name of Louis’ friend, Anne Engliesin. Anne is brilliant; top of their year, she makes getting perfect grades look easy. And like Louis, who is Scottish-Asian, she too is different, keeping secret that her father was among a group of survivors who escaped the Otherworld and who now make their lives in modern Edinburgh. Her mum’s a native Scot, but her father is a descendant of a mythical people.

An Otherworld demon now seeks to destroy the remaining survivors, and this includes Anne. Icelos, or “Ice” in his modern form is the personification of nightmares. Only Louis, with his intellect and true heart, has what it takes to protect his friends. But what Louis doesn’t realise is that, in saving the lives of his friends, his stature against the evil of the world grows until his life becomes the greatest prize of all.

”... a fantasy book with mystery, magic, budding romance, and a heroic quest where the indomitable human spirit triumphs.”