The Auburn Prince

<p>After Clementine Aurelius’ parents vanish–forcing her to live with her abusive Aunt Dahlia–a handkerchief given to her in the aftermath of that trauma isn’t just a nostalgic memento of the past but a clue to an otherworldly conspiracy and a looming war. To learn the truth about her parents the resilient thirteen-year-old must journey into Mundialis a land where possessing color is a privilege and with the aid of the cursed Fox Prince talking beagle and a magical gecko must overcome her emotional solitude and defeat a neglect-born malevolence that infinitely whispers “There is the you and the I the known and the Other and nothing else beside that.”</p>