Nina Cordova-Ami
Overview
Children of La-Shayir is a novel comprising six chapters, a prologue and an epilogue. The same characters
appear throughout the book; however, each one concentrates on different participants and all are intrinsically
interlaced.
The pervading themes deal with hope, truth, avarice, beauty, tragedy, loyalty and the eternal power of love.
Children of La-Shayir is a novel comprising six chapters, a prologue and an epilogue. The same characters
appear throughout the book; however, each one concentrates on different participants and all are intrinsically
interlaced.
The pervading themes deal with hope, truth, avarice, beauty, tragedy, loyalty and the eternal power of love.
Children of La-Shayir - A Novel
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy
A Synopsis
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy
A Synopsis
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Epilogue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Epilogue
Nina Cordova-Ami is an author of prose and poetry. A number of her poems have won competitions and been published. Children of
La-Shayir is her first full length novel. She is currently working on two others. Angel Out of Darkness is also fiction and fantasy. The other,
Crimson Pearl, is a historical novel whose heroine is known by that moniker. The book takes place during the Nazi occupation of Paris.
Nina attended the University of Puerto Rico and the University of San Francisco. She has a BA in Liberal Arts concentrating on languages
and the humanities. She is bilingual in Spanish and English, versed in French.
Nina resides in St. Augustine, Florida, with her two dogs, Baxter and Penelope. Her email address is Nina.Scribe@yahoo.com.
Publishers welcome.
La-Shayir is her first full length novel. She is currently working on two others. Angel Out of Darkness is also fiction and fantasy. The other,
Crimson Pearl, is a historical novel whose heroine is known by that moniker. The book takes place during the Nazi occupation of Paris.
Nina attended the University of Puerto Rico and the University of San Francisco. She has a BA in Liberal Arts concentrating on languages
and the humanities. She is bilingual in Spanish and English, versed in French.
Nina resides in St. Augustine, Florida, with her two dogs, Baxter and Penelope. Her email address is Nina.Scribe@yahoo.com.
Publishers welcome.
La-Shayir, an inhabitant of another galaxy, is assigned by the Creator to come to our
universe and disperse faeries upon our planet that they might bring love and light into
the world.
In chapter one, 12-year old twins, Ian and Adam, are exploring in a forest on
the same day that Gwyllian, Faerie Princess of Ish-Trul Forest, awakens from her
winter slumber. There is an encounter among the three. This day becomes the
coming-of-age for the brothers.
Gwyllian visits her mother, Ierolen, Queen Faerie and
Principality of the Second Moon, in her hamlet of Sur-Mi-Ya, high in the mountains of
the north. She is getting ready to move her hamlet further up the mountain, as it is
being threatened by loggers. Time is short and tragedy ensues.
Chapter three finds the twin boys ten years later where they are students at the University of
Quatrain Sur-Le-Lac. They return to Ish-Trul Forest to try and find Gwyllian again. They both fall
in love with her and although she loves them both, she chooses Ian, who decides to
become small so he can marry her; this with the help of a witch.
Chapter four tells the story of Amadai, Faerie Errant, a close friend and confidante of Ierolen
and eternal world traveler. She travels to Milan, where the opera Andrea Chenier is celebrating
its 150th anniversary. The role of Andrea is being played by a Catalonian tenor, Josep
whom she is determined to meet. Later, they fall in love. She goes back to Barcelona
with him. The same conundrum exists: he is a Tall-One and she is four inches tall.
In chapter five, Adam returns to Ish-Trul Forest for Ian and Gwyllian's wedding. There he
meets a most exotic faerie, Maerym, Faerie Princess of Kiji-Lei, a tropical island. He
has to deal with the fact that he has met her somewhere before in a previous
existence. During the wedding Shertoum, four hunters invade the forest to kill all the
animals they can aim at. Adam becomes their champion with the unbeknown help
from La-Shayir, who is attending her goddaughter Gwyllian's Shertoum ceremony.
Chapter Six finds Adam/Keanu as a fledgling wood sprite. He and Maerym return to
Kiji-Lei on the wings of her peregrine falcon. Maerym's sister, Kyrian, is being held
captive in a filigree cage by Kameia-Lor, a Tall-One. He had lost his family and is
dependent on Kyriam for companionship. They attempt to rescue her and do.
Meanwhile, an active volcano erupts and all the denizens rush to escape the lava.
Maerym feels it is her duty to jump into the fiery pit to appease the raging god.
The epilogue finds La-Shayir back in her heavenly abode, wishing she could see her secret
beloved Aanael. The Creator has deemed fit that they should have a respite together.
Aanael arrives to visit her.
universe and disperse faeries upon our planet that they might bring love and light into
the world.
In chapter one, 12-year old twins, Ian and Adam, are exploring in a forest on
the same day that Gwyllian, Faerie Princess of Ish-Trul Forest, awakens from her
winter slumber. There is an encounter among the three. This day becomes the
coming-of-age for the brothers.
Gwyllian visits her mother, Ierolen, Queen Faerie and
Principality of the Second Moon, in her hamlet of Sur-Mi-Ya, high in the mountains of
the north. She is getting ready to move her hamlet further up the mountain, as it is
being threatened by loggers. Time is short and tragedy ensues.
Chapter three finds the twin boys ten years later where they are students at the University of
Quatrain Sur-Le-Lac. They return to Ish-Trul Forest to try and find Gwyllian again. They both fall
in love with her and although she loves them both, she chooses Ian, who decides to
become small so he can marry her; this with the help of a witch.
Chapter four tells the story of Amadai, Faerie Errant, a close friend and confidante of Ierolen
and eternal world traveler. She travels to Milan, where the opera Andrea Chenier is celebrating
its 150th anniversary. The role of Andrea is being played by a Catalonian tenor, Josep
whom she is determined to meet. Later, they fall in love. She goes back to Barcelona
with him. The same conundrum exists: he is a Tall-One and she is four inches tall.
In chapter five, Adam returns to Ish-Trul Forest for Ian and Gwyllian's wedding. There he
meets a most exotic faerie, Maerym, Faerie Princess of Kiji-Lei, a tropical island. He
has to deal with the fact that he has met her somewhere before in a previous
existence. During the wedding Shertoum, four hunters invade the forest to kill all the
animals they can aim at. Adam becomes their champion with the unbeknown help
from La-Shayir, who is attending her goddaughter Gwyllian's Shertoum ceremony.
Chapter Six finds Adam/Keanu as a fledgling wood sprite. He and Maerym return to
Kiji-Lei on the wings of her peregrine falcon. Maerym's sister, Kyrian, is being held
captive in a filigree cage by Kameia-Lor, a Tall-One. He had lost his family and is
dependent on Kyriam for companionship. They attempt to rescue her and do.
Meanwhile, an active volcano erupts and all the denizens rush to escape the lava.
Maerym feels it is her duty to jump into the fiery pit to appease the raging god.
The epilogue finds La-Shayir back in her heavenly abode, wishing she could see her secret
beloved Aanael. The Creator has deemed fit that they should have a respite together.
Aanael arrives to visit her.