Beneath What Rome Became: A Black Cat Bookshop novel

Magali had no intention of returning to the Bookshop.

He had left behind its bargains, its hunger and its impossible demands, and he meant to keep it that way.

Then the cats found him.

Meredith is gone. Taken. And without its curator, the ancient house is beginning to turn feral.

To find her, Magali must rely on the last allies he would have chosen: the daughter of a man who once outwitted the Bookshop, a painter who no longer remembers what he sacrificed to it, and a Guardian barely able to survive beyond its walls.

Their search leads them to Rome. To the Vatican. To an ancient prison beneath the city, where old gods still keep records, custody can last for centuries, and the Bookshop itself has become the subject of a dangerous question.

Because Meredith was no ordinary curator. The Bookshop is no ordinary house.

And if something hungry, violent and ancient has begun to become a person, who gets to decide what happens to it?

Eryn was born and raised in Oxford, UK but nowadays lives in South Germany with their young family. They have a great dream to travel and visit all the great mountains and lakes of the world. They are a qualified History and English teacher, working freelance with international students.

They write both poetry books and fantasy stories. They have a particular passion for mythology and dragons!

They have been writing poetry since they were 16, including Middle-Earth fan poetry that has appeared in the Tolkien Society's publication, the Amon Hen. They have also appeared in the Music Anthology from the Sweety Cat Press.

In addition to writing poetry they study with the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids to be a druid, and are working on two fantasy series. One of which appears to involve steampunk, sky pirates, astral travel and lots of dragons, and the other has a more dystopian bent.

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