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Michael Ashwood
Michael Ashwood writes cozy, hopecore fantasy on the glowing border between YA and adult, where found families, stubborn kindness, and offbeat magic collide. His stories sit at the crossroads of cozy ...
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Valentine lives a quiet life in a forgotten hall of Hoppelsigh castle, a place of fading magic where even memory slips away. Everything changes when the Queen arrives— haunting, graceful, and cruel. With a sweep of her hand, half the castle’s residents vanish, including Valentine’s friends. To win them back, the Queen offers a trial that has broken every soul before her: cross Hoppelsigh’s shifting halls and kneel in the throne room. If Valentine succeeds, her friends are freed. If she fails, they belong to the Queen forever.
Hoppelsigh’s endless corridors twist like riddles and ensnare the careless. Armed with her magic piccolo, the loyalty of her friends, and a heart too stubborn to break, Valentine must leave the only home she’s ever known to defy a Queen who would see her broken.
A Song for Lost Things is a whimsical fantasy about courage, friendship, and the quiet note of hope that lingers—even in the darkest places.