Miserere: An Autumn Tale by Teresa Frohock
FORMAT/INFO: Miserere: An Autumn Tale is 350 pages long divided over three Parts and 21 numbered/titled chapters. Narration is in the third person, mostly via Lucian Negru and Rachael Boucher, while other POVs include Lucian’s twin sister Catarina, the foundling Lindsay Richardson, and Lucian’s Elder John Shea. Miserere: An Autumn Tale ends at a satisfying stopping point, but is the first book of The Katharoi, which will have at least two more sequels: Dolorosa: A Winter's Dream (Book 2) and Bellum Dei: Blood of the Lambs (Book 3). July 2011 marks the trade paperback publication of Miserere: An Autumn Tale via Night Shade. The lovely cover art is ... Read More


Teresa Frohock

Miserere: An Autumn Tale: Impressive with room for improvement
The Broken Road: Dark and gritty

The Broken Road by T. Frohock
“T. Frohock” is Teresa Frohock, the author of the well-regarded fantasy debut Miserere: An Autumn Tale. The Broken Road is a novella that belongs to the “grimdark” genre: it is dark and gritty and there is no happily ever after. Frohock herself calls it “gothic horror,” and that description works, too. It’s good.
Travys du Valois is the younger of Queen Heloise’s twin sons. He is mute, and therefore unable to work the magic inherent in the nobles of his land except by using the voice of another or t... Read More