Althie

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Althea Westway has been told her entire life that her mutation her skin puts her at risk. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>She's content to stay with her sister and mother safe in their cottage in the West Country forest. Then one day after a game of hide and seek with her sister she meets a young boy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Made of tin. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He tells her stories of the world and encourages her to join him at the Marbost school.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Nathaniel and Althea are both Ozian outcasts but know that they can get through anything together. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>So what goes wrong?</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Althie </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is a new take on the story of the Wicked Witch of the West and dives deep into the question: </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Is anyone ever truly just evil?</em></p><p></p><p>Whilst Althie is related to the Oz series it is written as a standalone allowing anyone to dive into Althea's story. </p><p></p>