Another Faust: The First of Another Series

by Daniel & Dina Nayeri

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August 25, 2009.
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One night, across four cities, five children disappear. Years later, five enigmatic teenagers appear at an exclusive New York holiday party with their strange but beautiful governess, Madame Vileroy. Rumor and mystery follow the Faust children to the elite Marlowe School, where their presence brings unexplainable misfortune.

Using a series of “gifts” given to them by Madame Vileroy, the children are able to soar to suspicious heights at Marlowe. The gifts seem child-like in their simplicity. The governess teaches them to cheat, steal, hide, and lie; ‘harmless’ she calls them, though they are much more. For the vicious over-achiever, reading an unsuspecting mind is simply to cheat. For the reclusive pariah, the gift of stopping time is just another way to hide. And who but an aspiring writer can weave a convincing lie?

Soon, Madame Vileroy’s gifts become darker and more complex. Living in a gray home designed to cultivate and corrupt them, they are enveloped in the side effects of their own addictions. They live cursed lives, making deals with the devil as they claw their way toward their goals….that is until two of them begin to uncover secrets more shocking than their most unforgivable sins. A modern retelling of an ancient dilemma, Another Faust recreates the story of the Faustian bargain. Set in present-day New York, but spanning the centuries, it is a chilling tale of ambition, consequences, and ultimate redemption.

Early Reviews:

“An unusual urban fantasy…The writing is clever and stylish…an absorbing, imaginative read, with a tense climax.”  Publishers Weekly 

“The teens’ story is told in detailed, gothic language. Faustian references abound…By switching character viewpoints often, the authors keep the pace moving to an ending full of action, revelation and horror.”  Kirkus

“Dark like so many of the current teen horror fantasy novels and stylish like Gossip Girl, the brother and sister writing team work hard to create characters who struggle with insecurities of the past, the successes of the present, and the pain of both…the context and dark tone will surely find a solid readership.”  VOYA

“A reimagined gothic classic with heavy prose and dark underlying themes: the confliction between good and evil in the human soul and the pitfalls of greed and ambition.” Fantasy Literature.com

“I found the action and events of the story to be compelling, suspenseful even, wondering what Madame Vileroy would do next, when the teens who were in the dark would figure out what was going on, how the more desperate teens would turn on one another next.” Readspace