The Changeling's Tale: A Paranormal Fantasy (Book One): The Forest Immortal Saga - Paperback

by Kristina Schram (Author)

When sixteen-year-old Gabriel Hawthorne's dad gets sick, Gabe and his brothers are forced to move to an old family farm in Maine to make ends meet. From the moment they arrive, Gabe realizes something is not quite right about the brooding forest surrounding their new home, and does everything he can to avoid it.He soon finds out that there are good reasons to stay away from the woods. People have gone in and never returned. Pets around town are disappearing - believed to have been taken by a wild creature - and a strange woman warns Gabe to stay away from the forest or "they will get ye." But when he discovers that as a child he went missing in the forest for two days, with no memory of what had happened to him, he becomes truly frightened.When the inhabitants of the Forest Immortal come for him once more, Gabe learns what monsters lurk within the dark trees. But this time, the forest doesn't want to let him go.This time it intends to keep him - and use him for its own wicked purposes.

Author Biography

When author, Kristina Schram, was growing up she wanted to be a star. When that didn't turn out quite like she expected, she turned her mind to achieving other goals: Earning her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, working as an Artist-in-Residence at local schools, being a free-lance editor and reader, coaching parks & rec basketball, protecting the earth through recycling and using green products, and publishing her first novel, a YA fantasy called The Chronicles of Anaedor: The Prophecies. Knowing what it's like to struggle with self-doubt and lack of confidence, her biggest dream (in addition to owning a castle) is to stamp out low self-esteem for everyone, especially young people. She lives in beautiful, wooded New Hampshire with her husband, three boys, and various pets, and can also throw a tomahawk, if need be. One of her favorite things to do is walk with her dog in the woods, where she searches for the impossible around every corner. Sometimes she finds it. For more information on Kristina Schram, feel free to make a trip to her website: www.kristinaschram.com. She's also on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.