100pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023
A coming-of-age allegory.
The young heir apparent of the Greyfur kingdom of Aloes-Redding - an idyllic place of the edge of the polluted human territory of Blasterland - must find his true name and ascend the throne.
Patricia Schonstein is the author of seven novels including Skyline (2002 Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Award and 2005 French Prix du Marais), A Time of Angels, Banquet at Brabazam and The Inn at Helsvlakte, and the memoir, Thrown Among the Bones . She also curates the Africa! poetry anthologies. She lives in Cape Town.