ABOUT
THE BOOK
Tale of the Black Mamba is a fast moving, darkly comic
novel that challenges the bonds of family loyalty, love and power.
"Sometimes from birth,
the darkness in a man's soul is so riddled with spores, all that is left him is
to incubate evil. In the same way vultures hover over the bleak remains of
dying creatures, greed and cruelty hunch themselves atop the blades of this
man's shoulders in anticipation of a feast."
Chicago,
1901 and teen magician Avery Fontaine is about to experience the thrill of a lifetime.
Bizarre urging from a gypsy hag lead him to the World's Fair in Buffalo, New
York, on a hair-raising adventure in search of a secret treasure buried in a
painting. With the help of his cousin Henri Dubois and friend Hattie Estabrook,
Avery hovers between The World's Fair and Niagara Falls attempting to decipher
the clues. But a harrowing twist of fate soon pits the trio into a frantic race
for survival against a devious mastermind also on the hunt for the treasure:
Dr. Wu, aka The Black Mamba. A tormented madman, blackmailer, art thief,
kidnapper, hypnotist and potential killer all rolled into one rotten guy. It's
a summer they'll never forget.
PRAISE FOR TALE OF THE BLACK MAMBA
"With
a steampunk sensibility and wildly inventive plot, plenty of verbal (as well as
actual) fireworks, and an evil mastermind as ruthless as Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu
Manchu, this darkly humorous fantasy is a fabulous confection of a book. Fair
warning: teen readers should be prepared to steal it back from the adults in
the household."
-
Eileen Kernaghan - Author of Wild
Talent: a Novel of the Supernatural
"Lenore
Angela combines simple, everyday words to create something exquisitely
wonderful."
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Irene Livingston - Author of
Finklehopper Frog
"From
the wildly inventive, black-capped, mauve-slippered Dr. Wu to a sumptuous
subterranean hideaway and a teetering tightrope rescue above Niagara Falls,
this book has all the fun of the 1901 World's Fair: a rollicking good tale
brimming with escapades galore."
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Jacquie Argent - Freelance Editor
ABOUT THE
AUTHOR
Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Lenore Angela enjoyed
a kind of gypsy upbringing, being raised in Toronto, Hamilton, Manitoba and
Vancouver. She now resides in B.C.’s Fraser Valley with her husband and overly
friendly black lab, Clare.
L.A. has
written many short stories and has been published in literary publications such
as Pottersfield Portfolio and Matrix Magazine. She was also shortlisted in
'This Magazines' contest, The Great Literary Hunt. Tale of the Black Mamba is
her first Young Adult novel.
www.lenoreangela.com
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