The Elementarí · #1

Elementarí Rising

Nancy Hightower

Cover illustation by Siolo Thompson.

Winter moves like a predator, taking villages one at a time, leaving the people either dead or half mad.

For thousands of years, the Elementarí — spirits of the elements — have slept peacefully under the watchful eye of the Terakhein, a guardian tribe that protects them. But now that the Elementari have started to awaken, the Terakhein are nowhere to be found.

In Gaelastad, where the trees never die, eighteen-year-old Jonathan is haunted by dreams of a little girl: the last of the Terakhein. Fleeing from enemies across treacherous lands, Jonathan must survive and find the girl. Fortunately, help comes in the form of Bryn, a terrible fire spirit, and Morgan, the most beautiful — and deadly — of water spirits. But are they strong enough to give him the time he needs to find the missing girl and stop the tide of destruction.

Published
2013
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Nancy Hightower

Nancy Hightower received a Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from the University of Denver. She has published short fiction and poetry in journals such as The New York Quarterly, storySouth, Gargoyle, and Word Riot, and her novel, Elementarí Rising (2013) received a starred review in Library Journal. Currently, she reviews science fiction and fantasy for The Washington Post.