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By:
Dal Al-Mohamed
Summary:
Azalea’s family are the Archivists – the ones who make the maps and tell the tales of those who walk between the worlds. She is the blind daughter, unable to be part of her family’s legacy.
Until it falls to her so save it all.
Her family captures information on all of the byways, passages and secrets of the Labyrinth, and those who travel it. Gifted with a perfect memory, Azalea can recall every story she ever heard from the walkers between worlds. She remembers every trick to opening stubborn gates, and the dangers and delights of hundreds of worlds. She will need them all.
The Archivist’s “Residence” is a waystation among worlds. It is safe, comfortable and with all food and amenities provided. In exchange, of course, for stories of their adventures and information about the Labyrinth, which will then be transcribed for posterity and added to the Great Archive.
But now, someone has come to the Residence and is murdering Archivists; using strange and unusual poisons from unique worlds whose histories are lost in the darkest, dustiest corners of the Great Archive. As Archivists die, one by one, Azalea is in a race to find out who the killer is and why they are killing the Archivists, before they decide she is too big a threat to leave alive.
About the author:
Day Al-Mohamed is an author, filmmaker, and disability advisor. She is co-author of the novel Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, editor of the anthology, Trust & Treachery, and is a regular host on Idobi Radio’s Geek Girl Riot with an audience of more than 80,000 listeners. Her stories have appeared in Fireside Fiction, Apex Magazine, and Gray Haven Comics.
She is a member of Women in Film and Video, a Docs in Progress Fellowship alumna, and a graduate of the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop. However, she is most proud of being invited to teach a workshop on storytelling at the White House in February 2016.
A disability policy executive with more than fifteen years of experience, she presents often on the representation of disability in media. She lives in Washington DC with her wife, N.R. Brown. You can find her online at DayAlMohamed.com and on Twitter @DayAlMohamed.
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