The Bone Dragon
Alexia Casale
Jan 2022 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Sasha Higgins
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Evie's shattered ribs have been a secret for the last four years. Now she has found the strength to tell her adoptive parents, and the physical traces of her past are fixed-the only remaining signs a scar on her side and a fragment of bone taken home from the hospital, which her uncle Ben helps her to carve into a dragon as a sign of her strength. Soon this ivory talisman begins to come to life at night, offering wisdom and encouragement in roaming dreams of smoke and moonlight that come to feel ever more real. As Evie grows stronger there remains one problem her new parents can't fix for her: a revenge that must be taken. And it seems that the Dragon is the one to take it. This subtly unsettling novel is told from the viewpoint of a fourteen-year-old girl damaged by a past she can't talk about, in a hypnotic narrative that, while giving increasing insight, also becomes increasingly unreliable. A blend of psychological thriller and fairy tale, The Bone Dragon explores the fragile boundaries between real life and fantasy, and the darkest corners of the human mind.
About the author
A British-American citizen of Italian heritage, Alexia Casale is an author, teacher, and writing consultant. After returning to the UK, Alexia completed a PhD and teaching qualification. She worked as a West End script-critic, box-office manager for a music festival, and executive editor of a human rights journal.
Sasha Higgins, a classically trained actress and voice artist, has performed on the West End, at the Geffen, and off- Broadway. She has also starred in numerous independent films and voiced the role of Miranda in The Tempest for BBC Radio 4. She currently lives in Venice, California, with her husband, Ethan, and two dogs.
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