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    Will Power: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #2
    Act of Will: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #1
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    Will Hawthorne Adventures Series

    By A.J. Hartley

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    About this series

    Return to the tales of Will Hawthorne in this fantasy adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of Steeplejack and Sekret Machines!

    First impressions are not always the right ones.
    Transported to a mysterious land, Will Hawthorne and his band of adventurers find themselves unwilling participants in an eternal war between a nation of "fair folk" and…goblins!?! 

    Will quickly discovers that even though he does not believe in goblins, that doesn’t mean they won’t try to kill him.
    The humans who shelter Will and his pals seem lifted straight from the pages of a storybook, people of propriety, culture, fashion, and wealth. As the war progresses, however, Will begins to wonder if there is something hiding beneath the expertly-coiffed veneer of their picture-perfect society.

    Join Will on a fantasy adventure past the edges of the mapped world into the chaos of a land at war. Readers will be delighted to reunite with the cast of Act of Will in a new adventure in which the one thing likely to keep Will alive may be…his cynicism.

    Praise for Act of Will - 
    “Fast paced and beautifully written” -- R.A. Salvatore

    “I was amazed by these vividly knowledgeable adventures of a youth living by his wits in a world much like Elizabethan England.” -- David Drake

    “Adventure meets a hero who just won’t shut up in this fast-talking charmer of a novel” -- Kate Elliott

    “Hartley’s prose is so graceful, his narrative so taut and his battle-scenes so exciting and well-described… This is especially true of the compulsively readable second half which unfolds with remarkable grace and power.” -- Booklist

    A “clever page-turner” -- Publishers Weekly (Starred review)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFalstaff Books
    Release dateMar 27, 2018
    Will Power: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #2
    Act of Will: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #1

    Titles in the series (2)

    • 1

      Act of Will: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #1
      Act of Will: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #1

      Act of Will: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #1

      A.J. Hartley
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      From the International bestselling author of Steeplejack and Sekret Machines comes an amazing fantasy adventure with tons of magic, mirth, and mayhem! It’s Will Hawthorne’s birthday. His 18th birthday, as a matter of fact. Today is the day he gets to do what he’s always dreamed of – act. Well, he’s been acting. But now that he’s an adult, he might get to play a male role for a change. Even better, now he has the opportunity to write plays for his acting company and make the worlds of his imagination come alive and become real. But the real world is stranger and more magical than he ever imagined. Suddenly, Will finds himself on the run from the Empire, embroiled in death-defying escapades with a troupe of roving adventurers, and battling…magicians?!? Will doesn’t believe in magic, but it believes in him, and that’s more than enough to make his life far more interesting than he’d ever hoped for. Can the snarky actor learn to put other before himself? Will the boy truly become a man? Is there even a chance his quick wit and smart mouth can get Will out of this mess?  “Fast paced and beautifully written” -- R.A. Salvatore “I was amazed by these vividly knowledgeable adventures of a youth living by his wits in a world much like Elizabethan England.” -- David Drake “Adventure meets a hero who just won’t shut up in this fast-talking charmer of a novel” -- Kate Elliott “Hartley’s prose is so graceful, his narrative so taut and his battle-scenes so exciting and well-described… This is especially true of the compulsively readable second half which unfolds with remarkable grace and power.” -- Booklist A “clever page-turner” -- Publishers Weekly (Starred review)  

      From the International bestselling author of Steeplejack and Sekret Machines comes an amazing fantasy adventure with tons of magic, mirth, and mayhem! It’s Will Hawthorne’s birthday. His 18th birthday, as a matter of fact. Today is the day he gets to do what he’s always dreamed of – act. Well, he’s been acting. But now that he’s an adult, he might get to play a male role for a change. Even better, now he has the opportunity to write plays for his acting company and make the worlds of his imagination come alive and become real. But the real world is stranger and more magical than he ever imagined. Suddenly, Will finds himself on the run from the Empire, embroiled in death-defying escapades with a troupe of roving adventurers, and battling…magicians?!? Will doesn’t believe in magic, but it believes in him, and that’s more than enough to make his life far more interesting than he’d ever hoped for. Can the snarky actor learn to put other before himself? Will the boy truly become a man? Is there even a chance his quick wit and smart mouth can get Will out of this mess?  “Fast paced and beautifully written” -- R.A. Salvatore “I was amazed by these vividly knowledgeable adventures of a youth living by his wits in a world much like Elizabethan England.” -- David Drake “Adventure meets a hero who just won’t shut up in this fast-talking charmer of a novel” -- Kate Elliott “Hartley’s prose is so graceful, his narrative so taut and his battle-scenes so exciting and well-described… This is especially true of the compulsively readable second half which unfolds with remarkable grace and power.” -- Booklist A “clever page-turner” -- Publishers Weekly (Starred review)  

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      Will Power: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #2
      Will Power: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #2

      Will Power: Will Hawthorne Adventures, #2

      A.J. Hartley
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      Return to the tales of Will Hawthorne in this fantasy adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of Steeplejack and Sekret Machines! First impressions are not always the right ones. Transported to a mysterious land, Will Hawthorne and his band of adventurers find themselves unwilling participants in an eternal war between a nation of "fair folk" and…goblins!?!  Will quickly discovers that even though he does not believe in goblins, that doesn’t mean they won’t try to kill him. The humans who shelter Will and his pals seem lifted straight from the pages of a storybook, people of propriety, culture, fashion, and wealth. As the war progresses, however, Will begins to wonder if there is something hiding beneath the expertly-coiffed veneer of their picture-perfect society. Join Will on a fantasy adventure past the edges of the mapped world into the chaos of a land at war. Readers will be delighted to reunite with the cast of Act of Will in a new adventure in which the one thing likely to keep Will alive may be…his cynicism. Praise for Act of Will -  “Fast paced and beautifully written” -- R.A. Salvatore “I was amazed by these vividly knowledgeable adventures of a youth living by his wits in a world much like Elizabethan England.” -- David Drake “Adventure meets a hero who just won’t shut up in this fast-talking charmer of a novel” -- Kate Elliott “Hartley’s prose is so graceful, his narrative so taut and his battle-scenes so exciting and well-described… This is especially true of the compulsively readable second half which unfolds with remarkable grace and power.” -- Booklist A “clever page-turner” -- Publishers Weekly (Starred review)

      Return to the tales of Will Hawthorne in this fantasy adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of Steeplejack and Sekret Machines! First impressions are not always the right ones. Transported to a mysterious land, Will Hawthorne and his band of adventurers find themselves unwilling participants in an eternal war between a nation of "fair folk" and…goblins!?!  Will quickly discovers that even though he does not believe in goblins, that doesn’t mean they won’t try to kill him. The humans who shelter Will and his pals seem lifted straight from the pages of a storybook, people of propriety, culture, fashion, and wealth. As the war progresses, however, Will begins to wonder if there is something hiding beneath the expertly-coiffed veneer of their picture-perfect society. Join Will on a fantasy adventure past the edges of the mapped world into the chaos of a land at war. Readers will be delighted to reunite with the cast of Act of Will in a new adventure in which the one thing likely to keep Will alive may be…his cynicism. Praise for Act of Will -  “Fast paced and beautifully written” -- R.A. Salvatore “I was amazed by these vividly knowledgeable adventures of a youth living by his wits in a world much like Elizabethan England.” -- David Drake “Adventure meets a hero who just won’t shut up in this fast-talking charmer of a novel” -- Kate Elliott “Hartley’s prose is so graceful, his narrative so taut and his battle-scenes so exciting and well-described… This is especially true of the compulsively readable second half which unfolds with remarkable grace and power.” -- Booklist A “clever page-turner” -- Publishers Weekly (Starred review)

    Author

    A.J. Hartley

    A. J. Hartley is a native of Lancashire, England, and was born near the town where the witch trials featured in Tears of the Jaguar occurred four hundred years ago. He lived in Japan for several years and traveled extensively throughout southern and eastern Asia before moving to the United States for graduate school. After earning his Ph.D. from Boston University, he taught college-level Shakespeare in Georgia and North Carolina. Today he works as a dramaturg, director, theater historian, and theorist in Renaissance drama at UNC-Charlotte, where he holds the Robinson Chair of Shakespeare Studies. He has written fiction for twenty years and is the author of Macbeth, a Novel with David Hewson, Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact, Act of Will, Will Power, The Mask of Atreus, On the Fifth Day, and What Time Devours.

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