After earning a BSc in Biology and working as a support worker and then a nurse, the idea for her debut novel, Fireborn, came to her as she moved back and forth between London and the US. I was sad to reach the end but was happy that I had been taken on a road of mayhem, tension, bravery, and friendship. Aisling Fowling’s debut is a thrilling fantasy full of battles and creatures the like of which you’ve never seen before, and stars characters you’ll regard as friends by the book’s end. One to recommend to fans of A Clock of Stars by Francesca Gibbons and Orphans of the Tide by Struan Murray. You’ll love this exciting, funny and heart-wrenchingly sad story set in the snowy forests of an imagined world!

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Teaming up with Dog, the Stone Guardian of the Lodge, Twelve ends up on an epic adventure that will change her life, her name - and her entire world. Not long after this her life changes again, this time because a little girl has been taken from the Lodge. Twelve is a fierce warrior even if she is often brave on the outside when her inner self is in complete turmoil. She’s joined on the quest by Dog, the Lodge’s huge, living stone guardian, and by the two boys she likes least.Firebornis an exciting adventure that will makeyou want to set off on your own epic journey to battlemythical monsters. The LoveReading LitFestinvited Aishling to the festival to talk about her debut novel and the start of a thrilling fantasy series. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Fireborn author Aisling Fowler reads the special pledge Twelve must take to join the Hunting Lodge in this special video. There will be more adventures for Twelve and co to come, and readers will be counting down the days to the next.

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Aisling Fowler was born in 1985 and wishes that she had grown up in a magical, mountainous kingdom, but was actually raised in Surrey on a diet of books and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. New recruit Twelve (not her real name) has been at the lodge since her clan, including her family, were murdered. At turns exciting, funny and heart wrenchingly sad, it marks the introduction of an unstoppable new voice in children’s storytelling. As in the best of these sorts of adventures – and this is definitely an example of the best of these kind of adventures – throughout their trials they learn more about each other and themselves.

If you are an author wanting us to review your book, please read our review policy (link under header) first. Teaming up with Dog, the Stone Guardian of the Lodge, Twelve ends up on an epic adventure that will change her life, her name – and her entire world. Suddenly she is thrown into a daring and dangerous advenure full of frozen forests, mortifying monsters and fierce friends. Fireborn is an epic quest, spinning readers into a magical world and introducing them to an unforgettable new heroine named Twelve. But when the Hunting Lodge is attacked by goblins, and other creatures even worse, and Seven, the only person she has any connection with, is kidnapped, Twelve sets out to rescue the little girl.

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Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook). The only problem is, I just kept thinking ‘one more chapter’ and then before you know it you’ve read loads! For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password.Set in the snowy northern forests of an imagined prehistoric world, Fireborn is the middle-grade debut of the decade.