In my latest series, Out of Abaton, I have re-imagined Pinocchio in a dangerous Venetian Empire, where he’s a mechanical servant who is slowly coming to life. Along with the wanted criminal Geppetto and a blue-haired air elemental named Lazuli, Pinocchio is on the run from the Empire’s relentless airmen. While the first book The […]
Once Pinocchio was a wooden automaton who escaped captivity in Venice with the help of a magical girl, Lazuli, and a bevy of monsters, a story told in John Claude Bemis’s captivating novel, The Wooden Prince. In the thrilling sequel, Lord of Monsters, Pinocchio and Lazuli have inherited the kingdom of Abaton from Lazuli’s father, Prestor John, […]