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Alexis Veenendaal

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I write cozy, comedic fantasy books

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Coming May 11, 2027

When the Chosen One rejects your call, you might need to choose…another one.

After years of drudgery, Athragast the wizard is ready to retire. But the world needs saving in under two weeks, and when the Prince rejects Athie’s big “destiny” speech, he isn’t left with many options. A thieving busboy, a cigar-eating rodent that goes peep, and some troubled sellswords might be the best he can scrounge up on a budget.

Then Athie’s furry familiar steals the wrong warlock’s cigar, and things get a whole lot worse. A brooding villain flings the Runes of Destiny across the land, and Athie must get them back in time to figure out where the world-ending battle is taking place. The crew must séance with druids, party with goblins, and charm rhyming sages right out of their couplets. Along the way, Athie might just learn what it means to be a hero—at any age.

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Alexis Veenendaal was born and raised on a farm in Alberta, Canada. She earned a B.A. in English Literature at the University of Lethbridge and has lived in three countries. Alexis now lives in Wales with her husband, daughter, and cat, where she continues to write and craft as much as she can.

Alexis has had three short stories published in Peasant Magazine, Issue 2; Gwyllion Magazine, Issue 10, and Baubles From Bones, Issue 8. She publishes poetry, essays, and various short story genres on her Substack. Her debut novel releases on May 11, 2027 with DAW Books.

Her hobbies include fantasy cartography, travelling, bookbinding, serving her cat's every whim, riding horses, playing D&D, and crocheting. Her favourite authors are Terry Pratchett, J.R.R. Tolkien, Martha Wells, TJ Klune, Sangu Mandanna, Octavia E. Butler, Becky Chambers, Travis Baldree, Emelie Nikota, and Leigh Bardugo, among many, many others (it's too hard to choose)!

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