Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 3, Issue 4

Melina Marchetta, author of the popular fantasy series, The Lumatere Chronicles, has written this stand-alone short-story which takes place in the Lumatere world. It can be read independently of the series.Lady Celie of the Lumateran Flatlands is visiting the Belegonian spring castle on the isle of Ferragost. Cut off from the rest of Belegonia by poor weather, she is confined to the island with four others, including the mysterious castellan of the castle. When the body of one of the guests is discovered on the rocks outside the east tower, Celie is not only considered a suspect, but finds herself embroiled in events that are entwined with her own kingdom's cursed history, as well as the future of the entire land of Skuldenore.