It’s a trip out of Tralodren, around the Sons of Ashgard, and into a new dystopian world.
A familiar author dives into a foreign landscape, as Spring Lake Park’s Chad Corrie will release a new, young adult dystopian novel “As the Sparrow Flies,” on May 14, published by Dark Horse Books.
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