I was waiting to read the book since it was announced. That moment just arrived. It was two days ago. I had a thud in the heart as I read in the mail that my Kindle copy was available. I had to wait just for the audible. And it arrived that same night.
I was so happy I couldn’t wait to read it with Luke.
The journey started 2 days ago and it just came to an end.
I dived into a world where magic had died, inhabited by Humanoid, Monster, Sirens, Vampires. I met for the first time Fetch Phillips, whose task was to find Prof. Edmund Rye, an old vampire in the city of Sunder.
But I won’t say anything else, not to spoil the rest of the story.
One thing I will surely say: I wish all the book would be like this one!
As I was reading the book following Luke’s interpretation, it was like I was watching a great movie.
I always thought Luke had a fantastic imagination and a prodigious mind. This book just confirmed what I knew.
I adored the entire book. But more than anything else I appreciated the story of Fetch Phillips when he talks about his past life, because I could see bits of myself (I can’t explain how …). And everytime my heart was close to explosion.
Each character had his own voice and I’ve really adored Luke’s vocal interpretation. I could distinguish the differences in each interpretation Luke did of the characters.
I was moved when I understood from where the title of the book came from.
I could go on and on and on describing every single sensation I felt reading the book but I will stop here.
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Daria
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where i got this sweet Koala plush and i have called immediately Luke
Are connected themselves, more than ever. My head is exploding as a bomb and my stomach is scrambled. While i feel you’re embracing me so tight, i whisper you ‘What i’ve seen last night, it made me imagined this scenario’. “We are two creatures of habit. We are goers the same bar. We have seen eachother, but we didnt ever present eachtoher. We have had shared some little shy smiles.
I didnt ever separated by my diary, where i write each thing, above all my feelings. In this bar i meet some cool people, but when you was entered in, the other people, slowly disappears. Usually i place myself in a little corner, where i have a wide visual of the bar. That night the bar, was a little bit full more than usual.
I have had always problems to walk, so slowly i have walked trou the bar. To reach my little corner i had to pass next to you. My heart exploded till die. I have close my eyes, took a deep breath, and make me courage to goes on. Our eyes met, you have shy smile me. This was the millionth shy smile we had shared one of another. What i thought when you have smile me it has been ‘Oh my!’ As far i could, i ran, but in that goofy ran, i fallen on the floor, and my diary has fly in the air. My face is became all red, i wanted only bury myself. The people in the bar have seen the whole scene and they has started to look at me, someone whispering, others laughing.
I tried to stand up myself. But the only help hand i have had, it has been yours. In that touch, something has made clicked. You gently asked me ‘Is it all ok?’. Breathless i was able only to shake my head. Sweetly you have take me my hand and you have help me to stand up. With the other, you’ve collected my diary, and your eyes have paused on a poem i wrote**
You have accompanied me to my table, assuring yourself that everything was ok. A little hesitant, you were leaving me. But right after, you have stopped yourself, to back to me. Sweetly, you have asked me ‘Can i sit with you for a little?’ And from that istant, it has began our story.”
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Finally my Luke has revelead the cover of his debut novel ‘Last Smile in Sunder City’ accompanied by a mini video
From @Gambit589 (press officer @orbitbooks) ⇓⇓⇓
Another synopisis (source: booktopia.com.au) Fetch Phillips fought on the wrong side of a war between humans and magical creatures, and his actions helped to drain the world of enchantment. Now he works on the streets of Sunder City, taking what odd jobs he can while trying to help those whose lives he ruined.
His first case is to find a missing teacher. Professor Rye is a four-hundred-year-old vampire with a heart of gold in a husk of a body. In a world without magic, most vamps have already crumbled into dust, but Fetch is happy to go looking for some dirt with pointed teeth if it gets him his drinking money. Then, when a young siren disappears, Fetch finds out that this dark world still hides some monsters – and he’d better clean up his act before they come into the light.
Studying the cover of the book of Luke, i’ve found a thing that it makes me happy.
Runes!
Here the Rune table…. that’s increbile….. i loved the rune from long time and now also on the cover of the book of Luke…
A retweet of Luke from Orbit instastory
I’ve discovered another Rune on the cover of the book of my Luke
Here the begins of the lastest interview he left toBuild Series
Last Smile in Sunbder City will be published als in other languages
Italian (Triskell Edition) -> very happy!!***
Portuguese (Nova Fronteira)
Spanish (Trini)
At the NUA Edizione is begining the marketing campaign….. very exciting, new project …. big excitement….
Lucky Micheal Wahr who has the opportunity to read the Last Smile in Sunder City i n preview
Here the funny repost of Luke
And finally a repost of NUA Edizione (italian house publishing)
Here thr review of Peter McLean
@Cat_book_tea
@dakegra
Not for sale copy⇓⇓⇓
The second volume, still untitled, in according to Google books, should be come out in August 2020 here some little info
For us it’s even important to see the back side, not only the front. Thanx to Meganne Young instastory [@youngmeganne_], from which i cut a picture, here we can see the back
News about the second volume of the Fetch Phillips series, out on October 2020
Lastest review of The Last Smile in The Sunder City by KIRKUS
From Nua Edition a little preview of the book transated in italian
«Manca ancora un po’ di tempo all’uscita di “The last smile in Sunder City” di Luke Arnold, ma abbiamo pensato
di intrattenervi svelando poco alla volta i luoghi in cui è ambientato questo splendido libro.
Ridgerock Academy
La Ridgerock Academy era costituita da tre blocchi di cemento a un solo piano ed era protetta da una recinzione
di filo spinato. L’edificio più grande era decorato da un murale fin troppo vivace di visi sorridenti, raggi di sole e
stelle. […] Non era la mia scuola e non ci ero mai stato, ma l’atmosfera era intrisa di una mano pesante di
nostalgia: l’aroma indimenticabile di macchie d’erba, maniche col muco, paura, confusione e sandwich al burro di
arachidi vecchi di una settimana. -»
“The last smile in Sunder City”, Luke Arnold.
Prossimamente con Nua Edizioni.
On 5 Feb ’20 Luke with his friend Toby Schmitz, will join on this event to present his debut novel The Last Smile in The Sunder City
The Last Smile in Sunder City is a brilliantly voiced contemporary fantasy for fans of Ben Aaronovitch, Rotherweird or Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and the debut novel from high-profile actor Luke Arnold.
Fetch Phillips fought on the wrong side of a war between humans and magical creatures, and his actions helped to drain the world of enchantment. Now he works on the streets of Sunder City, taking what odd jobs he can while trying to help those whose lives he ruined.
His first case is to find a missing teacher. Professor Rye is a four-hundred-year-old vampire with a heart of gold in a husk of a body. In a world without magic, most vamps have already crumbled into dust, but Fetch is happy to go looking for some dirt with pointed teeth if it gets him his drinking money. Then, when a young siren disappears, Fetch finds out that this dark world still hides some monsters – and he’d better clean up his act before they come into the light.
per le vie di Sunder City. Biblioteca Sir William Kingsley
un edificio imponente di sequoia appollaiato su una piccola altura nella parte orientale della città. Una breve camminata in salita rivelava una statua di bronzo del potente Sir William. Era un uomo calvo dalla faccia tonda e dall’aspetto gioviale. In una mano teneva un libro, nell’altra una bottiglia di vino. Sotto la statua c’era una placca su cui erano iscritti i versi più celebri della sua poesia più famosa, I viandanti:
La scintilla alimenterà il fuoco,
E il fuoco al sentiero si appiccherà.
Si procede nel pantano a poco a poco,
E indietro mai si tornerà.
La biblioteca era uno dei pochi edifici di legno che erano sopravvissuti all’inclinazione di Sunder all’improvvisa autocombustione. […] La posizione isolata della biblioteca l’aveva tenuta al sicuro. Più o meno. Qualche fiamma aveva lambito e deformato la facciata di legno con sufficiente calore da strinare il marrone dorato di nero carbone. C’era un fascino un po’ datato nelle vetrate colorate, le cornici ad arco e la spira appuntita. Aveva un che di spirituale, pur essendo un luogo in cui venivano stipati vecchi libri.
Mi piacciono i libri. Sono silenziosi, pieni di dignità e assoluti. Un uomo può balbettare ma le sue parole, una volta scritte, saranno eterne.
Le ampie porte si aprirono con il suono di un orso sbadigliante e l’aroma gessoso della carta vecchia mi riempì le narici.
L’interno della biblioteca assomigliava più a una collezione privata che a un edificio pubblico. I corridoi erano stati disegnati per accentuare l’architettura della stanza, creando un intricato labirinto dove non c’era passaggio che conducesse dove ci si aspettava. Avrei felicemente trascorso lì una giornata intera alla ricerca del tascabile perfetto da infilarmi nella tasca posteriore ma, per una volta, avevo un lavoro da fare. – “The last smile in Sunder City”, Luke Arnold.
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Happy New Year with The Last Smile in Sunder City from @scorpionbookdreams
New event to promote The Last Smile In Sunder City with Luke and Laurence Boxhall
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Yesterday Luke ha posted on his blog one of the first part of his book. Here the screenshots
“Sunderia, Sunder City
Sunderia era un territorio inospitale senza popoli indigeni. Nel 4390, una banda di cacciatori di Draghi seguì un balenio di fiamme all’orizzonte…”
“Sunderia, Sunder City
Sunderia era un territorio inospitale senza popoli indigeni. Nel 4390, una banda di cacciatori di Draghi seguì un balenio di fiamme all’orizzonte…”
Another larger view of the cover of the book from wild_heart_reads
Luke, on his blog has posted the exctrat of the audiobook of The Last Smile In Sunder City Here the link to the page of his blog and here the InstagramStory he created to promoted it
Finally thanx to yolandasfetsos
we have a clear picture of the first edition of The Last Smile In Sunder City cover
(and i see clearly my little Runes….. im sighing)
Here i will post all the pictures and the other content of the show that the Melbourne Theatre Company, and the actors and audience, will publish on their social media.
Little behind the scene with Micheal, Claire and Simon Phillips, the director of the show
From Micheal Wahr InstaStory ⇓⇓⇓
A warm up of the cast from Claire Van Der Boom Instagram
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The calm before the storm…. Instastory from Micheal Wahr
It’s time for a Question&Answer from the audience thanx to instastory of MelbourneTheatre (@melbtheatreco)
Here a little backstage ⇓⇓⇓ thanx to @MelbTheatreCo’s twitter
Behind the costumes
A group pic on stage
From Micheal Wahr instastory
After the first success at the Theatre of Melbourne, the show will move in Canberra Theatre Center from 22 to 31 August
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Photos from the show:
A close up of Marlowe aka Luke ⇓⇓⇓
Photo by Jeff Busby
Claire van der Boom ⇓⇓
Peter Houghton & Daisy ⇓⇓⇓
Micheal Wahr and John Leary ⇓⇓⇓
Micheal Wahr and Chris Ryan⇓⇓⇓
Last night (22 july) it has been the party of the 1st week of ‘Opening night’ of the show
here the whole group ⇓⇓⇓⇓
Micheal Wahr with Aaron Tsindos ⇓⇓⇓
….and here an enlargement of my dude with Deidre Rubistein and John Leary ⇓⇓⇓⇓
And here just my dude
Luke with Chris Ryan ⇓⇓⇓⇓
From Michael Wahr lastest instastory
This is last week at the PlayHouse theathre of Melbourne then the crew, will move to the Cranberra Theatre
This is the last promo video ⇓⇓
John Leary at makeup and who is behind him?
A wonderful pic in b&w of Micheal
Last night at the Playhouse and these are the crew greetings
They move….. from Melbourne to Canberra (from svenmoore Instagram)
From Micheal Wah instastory
From instagram @lostinthenarrative
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From Canberra Theatre instagram (@canberratheatrecentre)
Still looking at us, while we were feeling around us this changing.
We were still enjoying ourselves for the contractions of the orgasm we were feeling. You was still in me.
We were looking at us and our breathe was decreasing, our heart were returning to the normal beating, while we didnt take our glances off. In that atmosphere, everything seemed suspend, even our breathe.
That atmosphere seemed wrapped us and we could feel as a new oxygen was filling our lungs.
We hadnt moved yet. We were as hypnotized one by another. And that new thread of oxygen was still entering in our bodies, and we werent still didnt have divided us. And so, this flow was in continue movement between you and me, and the orgasm we have had was amplifying each little new sensations that we were feeling in those moments.
I was holding your face in my hands and your eyes were set in mine.
Unconciously we had started to take short but intense breathes.
We knew that we were acrossing something, but that we had to wait for that all this emotion drape was gone away.
While our lips were touching delicately you have whispered ‘Shhh’ and then our lips kissed still. Slowly, everything was itself fading, and everything seemed was returning to the normality, but we knew, by now, it wasnt so.
We have looked at eachother. The air around us was still as if it was suspended. The new oxygen in our bodies it had to be still pumped well. We were put us infront one another, and as in the previous times, we have took our hands one in another, we looked at us without ever took off our glance one with another, and without say nothing, we had begun to take deep breathes. We were feeling it, also this time,it was working.
The new oxygen was entering replacing the old one.
Our mental connection was becoming more stronger than before.
We were shyly smiling us. My last last gesture was been a sweet caress on your face.
At the same time we had close the eyes. Our hearts still was beating strong.”
You, always more, giving me the certainty of my sensations.
Since i was woke up is that my vise in stomach is growing faster and faster…. and then what i’ve seen here, after your tweets… I dont want add anything else.
Just i feel your closeness always more closer despite our real distance. And can feel your whispers, your voice is wrapping me and i can feel your arms embrace me tight, you leave me without breathe.
My fingers are almost shaking on this keyboard and my thought is travelling fast to reaching you. Also me, i’m whspering your name. And our parallel world it opening itself, and there our glances can melt eachother.
My heart is beating strong. I feel you here by my side. You’re holding my belly, my hips, and the only thing i can do, is còlose my eyes and sigh.
Everything inside of me is exploding, while your are looking at me silently.
Delicately i can feel your hand is touching my face. I think i could going to drive crazy.
Does Our Parallel World exists for real and this little open diary it’s our real bond.
My heart is exploding…
Our glances dived themselves one in another, and our passion blossomed. Our sweet kisses were like delicate caresses.
Unconciously we had know that we were strenghtning our world. The lights outside was the witness.
We were kissing us, when you have stopped yourself. You have looked at me and without any effort, you have took me in your arms and without realizing us, we were already in the bed.
You have stared me for a little bit, but that moment seemed had no end. Our breathe got faster and faster.
Slowly my hands slided inside of your shirt and i bited my lips till yourself approached to me for kiss me still.
I had still the shirt in my hands when your passion exploded.
Suddenly, the shirt was fallen on your arms and i was remain breathless, while you was kissing my neck and your hand was mapping my belly till arrive to hold my hip.
There we looked at us, and while sweetly our bodies became only one and we were sharing our fluids, we were feeling that something was happening around us, inside our appartment.
We didnt take off our glances while were reaching the maximum of our pleasure together.
We were also menthally connected and our lights came and went trough our minds and what which we were seeing as soon as a moment earlier to reach the orgasm, was been one the most beautiful we had seen.
Unconciously we had know that were the lights outside, the reason.”
To close my eyes, cause our connection has began much earlier than usual.
Yes, im translating my tale, and im revivng all the sensations of which when i wrote it in english.
All these emotions now are embracing me as if it was the first time.
My head is exploding and my emotions are transporting me there in «your appartment» and i see it as if was the first time. And you holding my hand.
Our connectiong is always more strong than ever.
I’m living between two worlds, but if i close the eyes im feel inside of our parallel world, and there that i want to remain. There with you.
There, where has began everything this.
This strange connection, these vibrations i feeling when i think of you, where the coincidences continuing to happen.
And my tale continuing to give me the same emotions.
Our Parallel World is here around us. I can feel you close to me.
You’re wrapping me with your arms. I can hear your whisper.
What do you want is what which i want too.
Stay in slience in our arms, listening to this music, looking at us, touching delicately our faces, and perhaps kiss us.
Entering in our appartment while the darkness was coming. Everything this that we had faced, made us feel tired. While we were closing the door we have seen all the furry animals going away for rest. The only one a little bit lively, was always the little of the Morgur, but we had seen that more he approched to the village his walk became more slow. He was tired too.
We would have see him the day after always playful. We were closing the door and we have took a look at Pyr. He was slepping, already, while his neighbour, was settling his bush. We could hear his murmurs.
The only silents ones were the Markùts. Their place was next to the little bridge that acrossed the little river close our appartment. They were one per side of the bridge.
The moon was illuminating that little scenario that we had in front. Before to close the door we had sighed at unison embraced tight, one another.
You took my hand for to across the little stair. Then silently, we came to settled ourselves on the sofa, in your favorite corner.
We didnt talk for a little bit. Then you ‘We have to make sure that nothing else of our bad memories may unleash another Nothing. Those two days in your appartement were been from a side the most bad days, but from the other side the most beautifuls of my life. When i’ve see the void in those eyes, i have understood everything. When we had made love, you have set me free… and…’. I’ve stopped you.
‘You want take all the guilt, but rembember what i did, even me. Maybe the greater guilt is mine.’ Our glances melting one in another. And i continued ‘Me, i’m a witch. Maybe i was been me to have unleash the Nothing for the first time…maybe when i told you my story…’
That speech had been left so.
Your eyes were dived in mine while another force was about to born in us.
A force wrapped by an heat that we knew very well. Our minds were opening themselves to that desire.
Slowly, we have kicked from our minds those bad thoughts, and in our eyes was being born that sparkle light that it made us feel crazy one for another.
Gently, i have moved your hair from your face, going to touch sweetly your neo.
You have left me do, while you was approaching towards me. We were touching us so delicatly that only at the end, we had realise that we were kiss us.
Outside of our appartment millon of colored lights floated in the air, going to realise a giant barrier around Our Parallel World.”
It comes our connection. I close the eyes and i feel you are embrace me sweetly.
Your deep voice whisper me what which i want to hear.
I would like to turn me, but you stop me and your hands continue to touch me kindly.
Sweetly you turn me.
Finally our eyes meeting, your mouth is approaching fast at mine, and your sweet and little kisses are filling me of one and only desire.
We close the eyes and we take the flight.
Our Parallel World is awaiting for us.
There our wishes come true.
Slowly, with just your eyes, you are telling me what what you need…. want. Im doing the same.
Without delay, your hands touch my legs and your eyes are set on me.
Our breathe get faster and faster.
I feel your fingers hold my hips. I sigh closing my eyes.
Slowly i take your hand and i bring it there.
I just whisper your name and you do the same.
Pyr has started to talk.
You and me were looked at us and sweetly we settled one close another, while Pyr took the courage and he settled in the centre, arounded by the other little animals.
He seemed he was looking for a dot to direct his blind glance.
I’ve encouraged him, doing so, Pyr has towarded his sweet face toward us.
He was still a little hesitant but then with a hoarsely voice, he began.
‘My name is Pyr. I was exploring that part of this world when a force bigger than anything else it paralyzed me by side that rock where you have found me. I wasnt been able to ask help to anyone, neither to the old man and to the woman. I was as petriefied, and they couldnt see me.’
We looked us one in another, and we had immediately thought to the Nothing and to the really cause that it unleashed it. Us.
You was about to speak. The other furry animals were looking at us. But Pyr had understood, already, what was about to happen. ‘You had unleashing it, but then you had defeated it, that’s important. Each thing has the other side of the coin.
You have rescued me and i’m thankful’.
The words of Pyr had left us a lightness in the hear that we couldnt imagine.
We had unleasing the most bad thing and it could also destroy this magic world and he had also thank us. We had sighed. Shyly we had smiled at Pyr, and despite his blindness, he smiled at us back. Pyr couldnt see trought the eyes, but he could see trough feelings and emotions and each thing he arounding him. He was special, as every our furry animals.
We had inveted him to enter in our appartment for rest, but he declined.
He had found a peaceful place for rest close the tree infront of our appartment, close the Fenkuz’s bush.”
Every my thought run to you and maybe you know it.
My head is exploding and i just cant believe it.
Our connection in strong than ever. Now it’s a fact to which we have to give ourselves up. But each time happen, it leave me without breath.
And also if you havent took a look to what i wrote, i know you’ll do it soon.
Im still sighing and my mind enter in our parallel world without effort.
I know you’re there, waiting for me.
I can close my eyes and i can feel your touch. Your perfume wrap me and i know, you from there, you are slowly whispering my name.
I can feel it. You’re call me, and in these istants i cant hold back my emotions.
Everything this is very magical. I would like to let you know it.
Everything around you is magical.
I still shaking…
Daria
Enter in that burn valley and now we were leaving it with new colors.
We were still breatheless, but now we knew our love had a great power. The greater one.
We had run go trought again the long and tight walkway that skirt the Opal. We didnt surprised ourselves to see the Markùts that awaiting for us at the end of that walkway. We were behind to the blind animal. He seemed to know the way of the return.
Slowly we had go trought the walkway and we had took a look back.
Now the moutains peaks were green. We didnt have see if the rest of the landscape was remained the same, as we had left it, but we knew that kiss we given us eachother, was been one of the most sweet and powerful, and what which we had attended, for sure, it wasnt a mirage.
The Markùts had followed us. It seemed they ask us ‘What has happened beyond the walkway?’. Their eyes were set on us, while we were still walking for reach the borderline of the Morgur village.
We wanted to reach the little rock close the lake.
The little Morgur, as soon as, he had seen us, he ran toward us, jumping of joy, looking with much curiosity, the new one animal that we had rescued.
To rassure everyone, you have immediately said ‘When everything has changed, we have had noticed him. He was alone and much scared…he’s a new friend’
‘What is changed?’ The little one asked.
They didnt knew it, neither the Markùts that accompanied us till at the of the walkway. They had only know that they had to accompany us there. You have started to tell the story from the begin.
As the very first time you had tell our meeting, your deep a calm voice was been a new enchantment for me and our furry friends, but above all for the new one. He was close to me, and me i was caressing him for assure him that he was among friends. Fenkuz was been the last one to arrive.
While your words were wrapping us, the blind animal whispered something
We stopped ourselves for a moment…. sweetly i asked him ‘What did you say?’
All the eyes were set on him.
With a feeble voice he replied saying ‘Pyr….i’m Pyr’.”
At me and slowly you’re coming by my side.
You’re holding my hands in your. We are in front one another. You have this glance. It make me blush I know what it does means.
Sweetly you take my hand and you put it on your chest. Our hearts are beating fast and at unison.
You dont say nothing, just you look at me.
Slowly my hand slide in your shirt and slowly i make it slide it on your shoulders.
Our breathe get faster and faster.
Your hands take my hips. My shirt is sliding amongst your fingers.
I close my eyes and you approach always more to me.
Now our faces touching sweetly.
Our eyes diving one in another. You caress me sweetly and slowly you whisper my name.
Your deep voice wrap me.
You call me and i reply you with my glance.
Around us open itself our parallel world and with your sweet and passionate kiss we enter in of it.
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Are connected themselves, more than ever. My head is exploding as a bomb and my stomach is scrambled. While i feel you’re embracing me so tight, i whisper you ‘What i’ve seen last night, it made me imagined this scenario’.
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Photo by Jeff Busby
Still looking at us, while we were feeling around us this changing.
You, always more, giving me the certainty of my sensations.
Our glances dived themselves one in another, and our passion blossomed. Our sweet kisses were like delicate caresses.
To close my eyes, cause our connection has began much earlier than usual.
We were closing the door and we have took a look at Pyr. He was slepping, already, while his neighbour, was settling his bush. We could hear his murmurs.
It comes our connection. I close the eyes and i feel you are embrace me sweetly.
Pyr has started to talk.
Every my thought run to you and maybe you know it.
We didnt surprised ourselves to see the Markùts that awaiting for us at the end of that walkway. We were behind to the blind animal. He seemed to know the way of the return.
At me and slowly you’re coming by my side.