Mystic Crystal Revelation, And The Mind’s True Liberation

by Liz Thomson

A self-published trilogy has been named as one of Lovereading’s Summer Reads, drawing early praise from figures as diverse as Michael Morpurgo, William Dalrymple and Anja C Anderson, Astronomer and Professor of Dark Cosmology at the University of Copenhagen.

The first volume in what is now The Moonstone Legacy by Diana de Gunzburg and Tony Wild (left), was in fact published in the UK by Pushkin Press in 2010 and in South Asia by Hachette India. Sales topped 6,500, more than credible for an ambitious first novel which has gathered fans in both the YA and adult markets. Pushkin having changed hands, the authors have now decided to self-publish the trilogy in one print volume, with a simultaneous ebook edition.

The novel’s appearance among Lovereading’s Summer reads is marked by the release of a new version of the 1960s hit “Age of Aquarius”, recorded in Paris by reggae singer Horace Andy, perhaps best-known in the UK for his cover of “Ain’t No Sunshine When You’re Gone”. De Gunzburg can be heard on the track reading passages from the novel.

Inspired by Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone Legacy is described ...

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