Katherine Roberts fantasy author - Manuscript Safe

These books are still in manuscript form and not yet edited. All titles and sample chapters are subject to change at short notice.
If you would like to discuss any of these projects please contact me.

 

PRINCE OF ITHACA or THE TWELVE AXES 
About 80,000 words. Age 11+
Full manuscript available.

When Odysseus goes missing his way home from the Trojan War, Prince Telemachus sets out on a secret voyage to find his father and bring him home. Accompanied by the mysterious Athena, who claims to be the daughter of Zeus, he follows his father's trail battling witches and monsters as he searches for the Invisible Isle where lonely Calypso is keeping the king prisoner. Will romance blossom when the two young people finally meet? Or has Athena got other plans for the handsome prince? And with Odysseus out of action, can Telemachus take the impossible shot through twelve axes to save Ithaca?

This book was inspired by my 2007 Seven Fabulous Wonders tour of Malta. Legend says the neighbouring island of Gozo is where Odysseus was shipwrecked on his way home from the Trojan War, and it's easy to imagine the nymph Calypso living there in her cave by the turquoise sea. The story fills in the missing chapters of The Odyssey, taking Prince Telemachus and his friends further than Homer did and giving them a bigger part in the king's rescue.

Read a sample HERE.

RHIANNA PENDRAGON
A fantasy quartet featuring King Arthur's daughter on a quest for the Holy Grail to heal her father.
Each book about 50,000 words. Age 9+

Book 1 - Sword of Light  (complete)
Book 2 - Lance of Faith  (in draft form, awaiting contract)
Book 3 - Crown of Dreams
Book 4 - Grail of Stars

Full manuscript of Book 1 Sword of Light available. 

When the dark knight Mordred kills King Arthur in battle, the knights of the Round Table are scattered and the four magical Lights that hold back the forces of darkness are lost. Rhianna must leave the enchanted Isle of Avalon and learn how to use her father's sword Excalibur in time to save Camelot.

Read a sample HERE.

RED MOON
About 75,000 words. Age 13+
Full manuscript available.

The wolf will lie with the deer and give birth to a new nation...

Set against a world of spirits on the Mongolian steppe, this fantasy romance is inspired by the "Secret History of the Mongols" and takes the form of a love triangle between the young Genghis Khan (Temujin), his sweetheart Borte, and his blood brother Jamukha.

When Borte's father has a prophetic dream of a wolf and a deer whose descendants form a new nation, her hand is joined to nine-year-old Temujin's in betrothal. The boy is heir to the Mongol Alliance so it is an excellent match. But then Temujin's father is murdered by an enemy tribe and his family abandoned on the mountain to die as ambitious chiefs fight for leadership of the clans. Borte becomes a pawn in their power games and trains in secret as a shaman to help Temujin become Khan against all odds -  but a girl cannot be both shaman and wife. In choosing to keep her powers, Borte brings terrible tragedy upon herself and those she loves.

Read a sample HERE