Marie Verde is a history nerd and author of the new fantasy series, TALES OF ENDA. Marie grew up in California. During college she studied in Italy for a year surrounded by medieval palaces, towers, and a bridge with a secret passageway. Eventually, this inspired her to create a world for the strange animals she found in medieval manuscripts. The result was the Island of Enda, where fantasy creatures like loatrons live side-by-side with their human neighbors.
When not creating new mythicals for her books, Marie enjoys painting watercolors, gardening, and reading. She lives in Texas with her husband and daughters. Visit Marie at marieverde.com to learn more about loatrons and mythicals.
Loatrons on the mystical island of Enda have protective magic that appears when they are in danger. Unfortunately, Sargon’s magic is running away. When he’s frightened, his hooves take off running and there’s nothing the humiliated loatron can do to stop them. Now, an evil dragon threatens Sargon’s town.Is this the loatron’s chance to be a hero, or will he just be a cloud of dust in the distance?
In a reckless moment, Sargon brags he will destroy the dragon. Idle bragging, though, turns into life or death when his best friend, Dunstan, is captured by the dragon. Sargon sets out with his little sister and two other loatrons to save him. Viking raiders, vengeful mermaids, treacherous dragons, not even his cursed running will stop Sargon from protecting his family and friends. AMAZON
Adorabelle the loatron never imagined that joining a Viking raid would lead to her scrubbing dishes in a bakery. However, after a fight over an oyster pie leads mermaids to attack her friend, Adorabelle finds herself in a war she didn’t even start. The magic brooch everyone wants holds the key to controlling Enda’s sea. Destroying the brooch is Adorabelle’s chance to prove herself as a warrior, a dream she’s been longing for. But when a botched mermaid curse throws the quest into chaos, Adorabelle must decide if she can risk it all for a chance to make her dreams come true. AMAZON