River Rule

The jungle is closing in. First it sends a welcoming party of parakeets. Next, a garland of disembodied chicken parts. Finally the tribesmen and their spears arrive demanding human trades of Avi and Una, the property developer's firstborn grandchildren. Twice before, the jungle tried to take Una when she took risks. Twice Avi foiled their attempts. This time he's not there - yet she can feel him somewhere near. River Rule is a dark, urban fantasy, which pivots precariously on the friendship between a boy and girl from different cultural backgrounds. It deals with deceit and treachery, but it shows that, even when familial unconditional love is withdrawn, strength and kindness can be found elsewhere - even in a jungle

About the Author

Ameeta Davis lives in the Chiltern Hills in England with her husband, mother and two adult children when they aren't at university. Her love of mythology began with her split upbringing between her parents' Indian household of Gods, goddesses, demigods and demons and Aunty Anne's Polish and Welsh of Grimm's tales and Celtic stories before she was seven and lived in Manchester. Her love of mythological stories grew when at seven she was sent to a boarding school in the Indian Himalayan foothills. During the holidays she lived with her local guardians -her grandparents who lived on the edge of a jungle beyond the main town. Whist at school she began to write her own stories - stories peppered with the mythological tales told by her school ayahs. The ayahs were from the same tribe that happily sold their jungle land to her grandfather and his property development partner. With just a wall between her family and the jungle in the evenings there was much for the imagination to store and recreate years later in the River Rule Series. You can find out more about the River Rule series and writing practices on ameetadavis.com or by following River Rule fb page (www.facebook.com/pg/ameetadaviswriter) and Instagram account (www.instagram.com/riverruleseries). You can find the reviews of River Rule (First book of the series) on Goodreads (www.goodreads.com/book/show/37006617-river-rule)

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