The mighty Lalas are dying. The great sentient trees are departing the world that they have protected since the beginning of time, leaving the people bereft and confused. The fabric weaves of its own will, winding around the Twins, binding them inextricably into the cloth as they are violently thrust into a threatening world. Separated at birth, Davmiran and Tomas, heirs to the throne of Gwendolen, struggle to find the truth that will save their world. Assisted by a group of extraordinary warriors, scholars, magi, and friends, Tomas chooses his battles and demonstrates his strength and fortitude. But Davmiran lies unconscious in the Heights of Lormarion as the world awaits his revival so that he too can fulfill his unique and compelling destiny.
“For the first time in a long time, I lost myself in someone else’s creation. We all remember fondly the words we grew up reading, be they Narnia, Middle Earth or Lankhmar. Mythical places that shaped our imaginations and our creative minds became a part of who we are. In these books we were unfettered, free to dream, to strive, to escape the mundane world that would hold us prisoner. That is the storyteller’s greatest gift. Gary Alan Wassner has that gift.” —Steve Savile, author of the Ogmios Short Novels series, the Jack Stone Thrillers, and the Salley Reardon Supernatural Mysteries
“This is epic fantasy at its best. Wassner masterfully weaves plot-lines and characters together to keep readers hooked from page one.” —Dag Rambraut, owner of SFFworld.com
In the fashion industry, Gary Wassner, co-CEO of Hilldun Corporation, known as the company behind many of Seventh Avenue”s most prestigious fashion companies, has provided financing and factoring for many of America’s most iconic designer labels. Derek Lam, Peter Som, Jason Wu, Maria Cornejo, Yeohlee, Alexander Wang, Nanette Lepore, Rebecca Taylor, Twinkle, Naeem Kahn, Zang Toi, Vivienne Westwood, Timo Weiland, Chris Benz, Mara Hoffman, Thom Browne, Betsey Johnson, Marc Jacobs, and Alexis Bittar are only a few of fashion’s finest that have benefited from the discerning eyes and business acumen of he and his business partner of twenty years, Jeffrey Kapelman.
Recently named one of Fashionista's 50 Most Influential People in Fashion, Wassner is also a member of the CFDA Advisory Board and a mentor for the CFI Incubator program, an advisory board member of Fordham Law School’s Fashion Law Institute, as well as a member of Senator Gillibrand’s Fashion Industry Working Group and a passionate supporter of the Save the Garment Center movement and all causes related to supporting the fashion industry in NYC. In addition to being a force in the fashion industry, he is a well-respected fiction writer and children’s book author. His GemQuest series, The Twins, The Awakening, The Shards, and The Revenge of the Elves, is popular among science fiction and fantasy readers. The fifth and final book in the GemQuest series, When Monsters Call Out the Names of Men, was released in 2013. One of his children’s books, The Mystery of the Jubilee Emerald, published by Mondo Publishing, is available everywhere. The second two books in that series were published in January of 2013, The Candle Rock Mystery and The Mystery of the Presidential Papers. Last year he published Isabella Cucharella, Fashion Designer Extraordinaire, a picture book for budding young fashion stars, 50 percent of the proceeds of which he donated to the CFDA Fashion Incubator. Wassner resides in New York with his wife Cathy and his extended family.
