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In spring
2005,
HarperCollins
will be
publishing a
short book
by me,
called "Koyasan".
It will be
one of the
World Book
Day books --
each year, a
selction of
short novels
are
published in
the UK for
World Book
Day, and are
sold for £1
each. I was
asked to do
one for next
year, and
luckily I
had
"Koyasan"
bubbling
about at the
back of my
mind, so it
was the
perfect
opportunity
for me to
write it. I
got the idea
for the
story during
my January
2004 trip to
Japan -- it
came to me
in a
graveyard!!!
I'll be
including
some more
info about
this later
in 2005, or
early 2006,
but for now,
you can
enjoy the
initial
cover image
for the
book. While
it's a very
good cover,
it will have
to be
altered
later,
because in
the story
the spirits
can't cross
the
bridge!!!!
This is
what
will
appear
on the
back
cover
(subject
to
change):
The
boys
and
girls
in
the
graveyard
were
shouting,
but
Koyasan
no
longer
heard
them.
The
world
had
become
a
wide,
grey
void.
She
could
hear
deep
rasping
sounds,
the
breath
of
creatures
which
had
been
human
once
but
weren’t
any
more…
Koyasan
is too
scared
to cross
the
bridge
and play
in the
graveyard
like the
other
children.
But when
her
sister’s
soul is
stolen,
she must
find the
courage
to enter
a realm
of evil,
shape-shifting
spirits.
A
spellbinding
tale
from the
internationally
bestselling
author
of
Cirque
Du Freak
and Lord
Loss.
This
book was
specially
written
and
published
for
World
Book Day
2006.
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