Description"Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful--not to mention bold.
Rotherweird is her debut as a book illustrator..
Her works are inhabited by mystical creatures that morph between human and animal, and exist in transition somewhere between the worlds of fantasy and reality.
A London-based artist for the last 10 years, Sasha creates highly intricate works that draw on imagery from mythology, folklore, and religious iconography.
Sasha Laika (Illustrator) studied figurative art in Moscow, followed by a degree in graphic design and Illustration in the UK.
An occasional playwright, he turned his hand to fiction when, informed by his love of history, which he studied at New College, Oxford.
Then an Outsider arrives, a man of unparalleled wealth and power, enough to buy the whole of Rotherweird--deeply buried secrets and all...
About the Author Andrew Caldecott is a Queen\'s Counsel barrister specializing in media law; he has represented a variety of clients, from the BBC and the Guardian to supermodel Naomi Campbell.
Four and a half centuries later, cast adrift from the rest of England by Elizabeth I and still bound by its ancient laws, Rotherweird\'s independence is subject to one disturbing condition: no one, but no one studies the town or its history.
But everyone knows they are to be revered--and feared.
Some say they are the Golden Generation; some say the devil\'s spawn. the love child of Gormenghast and Hogwarts." --The Guardian 1558: Twelve children, gifted far beyond their years, are banished by their Tudor queen to the town of Rotherweird.
Carey, author of the best-selling The Girl With All the Gifts"Compelling...
R.
An enthralling puzzle picture of a book" --M.
Description"Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful--not to mention bold
