Chute - Below the Moon

PRAISE for BOOK 2 in the SERIES

Below the Moon

This book will delight lovers of Neil Gaiman. Below the Moon is an accessible but sophisticated fantasy novel that will take readers to a fully conceived world with characters whose fates will matter to you. Chute is a multitalented storyteller whose gorgeous illustrations add another deeply immersive and enjoyable element to her imagined universe.

Andrea Jarrell, author of Im the One Who Got Away: A Memoir

Below the Moon is an imaginative ride; readers are immersed in another world from the first page.

Chelsey Krause, author of All Shook Up

In Below the Moon, the second book in The 8th Island Trilogy, Ella and her family continue their fantastical adventure on Jarr-Wya, an island in a parallel dimension. In this book, the protagonists search for a cure for Ellas cancer, which is closely tied to the fate of all worlds. Below the Moon is difficult to put down. Chutes words bring the islands wonders and dangers to life. Her characters, multidimensional, are on a journey to learn to live with both their strengths and weaknesses. Chute has a created a world that leaves you wanting more.

Deb Brandon, award-winning author of But My Brain Had Other Ideas

With this follow-up to Above the Star, Chute has produced another book of immense beauty and heart-stopping peril. As this spectacular company of brave yet vulnerable characters race against time towards the Star and a cure for fifteen-year-old Ella, they must battle floods and sea monsters, treacherous mazes, malicious shape-shifting sands, and a host of fierce enemies. With stunning imagery and imaginative prose, Chute brings to life a dark magical world where love and wonder shine brightly. A terrific read!

Fran Kimmel, award-winning author of The Shore Girl and No Good Asking

A spunky heroine is a hallmark of any great adventure, but Chute has made Ella unlike anything youve ever seen before. Ellas depth, fire, and fragility combine to create a young woman who youd want to fight beside, and fall in love with. Chutes 8th Island is a world that feels both unique and familiar, and Below the Moon takes an already breathtaking story into another gear. If you have any love for the fantasy-adventure genre, you need to be reading this series.

Conor McCreery, author of Kill Shakespeare

Below the Moon is full of characters I was rooting for every step of the way and new universes beyond my imagination. Traveling through space with Ella Wellsley and her family made me especially grateful for the safety of Earth. Still, the darkness surrounding the Wellsleys makes me wonder: maybe none of us are truly safe! Im waiting impatiently for the final book, Inside the Sun.

Carissa Halton, author of Little Yellow House

Continuing the adventures began in Above the Star, Chute brings readers once again into the magical world of Jarr-Wya in Below the Moon. Our heroine charges forward in the search for the cure to her cancer and a way to save the magical world she has come to love. A master at weaving together parallel narratives, Chute captures the unique perspectives of her characters as they move through the story, neatly tying everything together in ways the reader does not expect. Below the Moon is a wonderfully original and richly imaginative tale that shows us that anyone can be a hero, regardless of our abilities.

Jaci Wells, author of the forthcoming The Lost Priestess

Alexis Marie Chute has created an immersive fantasy world with her 8th Island Trilogy. Below the Moon takes readers on an adventurous journey that stretches the limits of imagination all while exploring deeper and darker themes at the very root of our humanity. A wonderful read for young adult and adult fans of the fantasy genre.

Shane Turgeon, author of The Force in the Flesh

Below the Moon is a spellbinding tale, built with a truly magical and dreamlike style of fantasy. This story transports readers to other worlds, nay, other dimensions, fraught with peril, yet where the power of love still holds true during a time of great testing for the Wellsley family. Below the Moon is utterly enchanting!

Pierre Dimaculangan, author of The Sage, the Swordsman and the Scholars

Below the Moon is an adrenaline-filled adventure that unravels across the page like a windstorm. The character Ella, young and mute, stubborn and tough, takes us all along on a magical journey with her as she searches for the cure to her illness. Chute writes with authority around the family relationship and you can see she understands the heart of her characters. This is a story that will inspire and transport you into a complex and fantastical world filled with likable characters and a young woman you cant help but cheer for.

Rayanne Haines, poet, performer, and award-winning author of the Guardian Series

Below the Moon is vividly artistically descriptive and paced in a manner to bring you along for the ride. Chute creates an expanding world in which one can get lost in the storytelling and live through the adventure and emotions undertaken with the characters. Side note: I loved the illustrations; they add an extra layer to the story.

Leslie Chivers, the Lost Town of Fort Kent

Below the Moon, like its author, Chute, filled my mind with brilliant color and adventure. In a world far from my own, my imagination bloomed into a wildflower bouquet that only a skilled storyteller like Chute could bring to the page. I challenge you to escape to the island of Jarr-Wya and come home the same as you entered!

Thais Nye Derich, award-winning author of Second Chance

Below the Moon by Alexis Marie Chute is a completely unique story that is unlike anything I have ever read I loved the way that the plot did not focus solely on Ella, but also on her mother and grandfather who are along for the journey... The book was filled not only with unearthly abilities and creatures, but also with life lessons on not giving up, the power of love, and the need to overcome one's fears.

Readers Favorite, 5-Star Review

PRAISE for BOOK 1 in the SERIES

Above the Star

A Wrinkle in Time meets The Princess Bride

Lee Lee Thomson, The Perpetual You magazine

Shows readers that there is a power within all of us to change the world.

Jessica Kluthe, author of Rosina, The Midwife

Think of Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, and Homers Odyssey all wrapped up together.

Raymond Gariepy, editor of WestWord magazine

Will hold you spellbound until the last page.

Readers Favorite

Below the Moon

Copyright 2019 Alexis Marie Chute

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or
portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

Published by SparkPress, a BookSparks imprint,
A division of SparkPoint Studio, LLC
Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 85007
www.gosparkpress.com

Published 2019

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: 978-1-68463-004-2 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-68463-005-9 (ebk)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019906549

Book design by Stacey Aaronson

Interior artwork by Alexis Marie Chute

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