The Dim Continent – Jo Sparkes

Marra travels to the heart of a fabled Continent – and the center of a fight she doesn’t know exists, among men she thinks an ocean away.

The Agben School taught the art of using herbs to heal or enhance. Yet Marra saw one woman’s brews detect a passing prince and cloak a creature’s true appearance. A forbidden discipline – and being wielded against Tryst’s throne.

The key ingredient grows only on the Dim Continent.

Journeying with her mentor to this fabled place, she stumbles on another secret. The Women of Agben include Terrin females – the same hairy creatures that kidnapped a king. Now the trust that bound the two species together is rapidly corroding.

Marra doesn’t know Prince Tryst has also pursued the traitors to this wild, dangerous land. Or that Drail travels with him, to provide gamesmen cover.

In a land of strange beings and dangerous animals, Marra, Tryst, and Drail must again pool their skills, this time not just to save themselves – but to save all their people. The fate of Skullan and Trumen alike depends on defeating a powerful enemy who has plotted their destruction for centuries.

The final battle looms in the evil heart of power – the Dim Continent.

Renouncing life in the corporate world, Jo Sparkes studied screenwriting with Robert Powell, student of renowned teachers Lew Hunter and Richard Walter, head and heart of UCLA’s Screenwriting Program. Her body of work includes scripts for Children’s live-action and animated television programs, a direct to video Children’s DVD, commercial work for corporate clients, and a feature writer on ReZoom.com.

Called the Arizona Sports Fans Network’s most popular writer, she garnered renown for her humorous articles, player interviews and game coverage. Jo was unofficially the first to interview Emmitt Smith when he arrived in Arizona to play for the Cardinals.

She has served as an adjunct teacher at the Film School at Scottsdale Community College, and even made a video of her most beloved lecture. Her book for writers and artists, “Feedback How to Give It How to Get It” was born to help her students — and indeed, all artists.

She’s won a Kay Snow award for best screenplay, and a Silver IPPY and two B.R.A.G. Medallions for her fantasy series, The Legend of the Gamesmen. Her dog, Oscar, has chewed two of the four so far.