Beetlebrow the Thief

Trilogy Book 1

by Ben Parker

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A remarkable, gritty fantasy adventure featuring two strong young women who learn to make their own rules in a world dominated by men

Two sixteen-year-old girls are struggling to survive in the poverty-stricken streets of Stellingkorr. Beetlebrow – devastated by the death of her mother – meets Pook – newly escaped from her drunken parents.

The two girls scale the walls of the royal palace in search of work. King Ancissus – impressed with their ingenuity and skill – tasks them with delivering a cryptic message to the distant eastern city of Dalcratty. Success could save Stellingkorr; failure could mean starvation for its people.

Beetlebrow and Pook are forced to lie, fight and steal to keep heading east. Through the violence and squalor of towns and arid plains, army camps and prisons, they have only each other to depend upon.

'Beetlebrow', the first book of 'The Beetlebrow Trilogy', is the gritty debut novel from Ben Parker. In this epic coming-of-age fantasy, two bold and fearless young women find a love they could never have imagined.

About the author

Ben Parker was born and grew up in Ealing. He studied English Literature at Southampton University, writing mainly about queer theory and feminism. He now lives in Whitstable.

A remarkable, gritty fantasy adventure featuring two strong young women who learn to make their own rules in a world dominated by men

Two sixteen-year-old girls are struggling to survive in the...

Advance Praise

“Ben Parker is a really, really good writer.” Jon Appleton

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Beetlebrow the Thief
Trilogy Book 1
von Ben Parker
Cameron Publicity & Marketing Ltd
Cover:
The cover looks a bit overwhelming on me, due to the mood of the colors and the extensive landscape
Review:
"Two teenage girls, Beetlebrow and Pook, living in a desperate world, are trying to end the hunger aching in their streets. 
But first they must find their way through sinister palaces, dank dungeons, and winding mazes of alleyways, encountering kings, prostitutes, scholars and cut-throats, and delving deep into the centuries-spanning cult of the Unfinished Painting of Essum… 
'Beetlebrow the Thief' launches the epic adventure trilogy of their story."
A story that has attracted me emotionally. She is narrated from Beetlebrow's point of view, a 16-year-old girl who is attentive, spontaneous and resilient. Pooks, however, is bigger but younger, she is an open-minded personality and almost everyone darling. They both get together and escape their fate. It is a dystopia. The descriptions are alive throughout the book. Sub-characters are carefully provided with bittersweet backgrounds, so you can not see exactly what motives behind it. The lesbian love relationship is clearly visible from the beginning. Sexism and other prejudices inherent in the world are addressed, but not tolerated. Without it you really want to immerse yourself in this book so completely, that unfortunately it is over sooner than you would like. Towards the end you can not wait to finally read the next in the series. 
4/5 stars
Thanks to Netgalley and Cameron Publicity & Marketing Ltd for the review copy.

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