The Errand [Hardcover]

You can't remember how you became the errand boy of a suspected witch...you can only remember being desperate.

In this fable-like graphic novel, a young boy hurries to deliver a package - to an unusual and terrifying woman who lives deep within thesinister Whispering Woods. On the way, he must face his fears in the darkness of the forest. He passes the mystical wolves of the deepcaves, slips by murderous spiders, feels the shaking of the giant as it snores, and even encounters a glimmer of hope...but what awaits himat the woman's hut?

With poetic language and hauntingly beautiful illustrations, Leo LaFleur and Adam Oehlers spin a darkly fantastical tale, leading the reader on a courage-testing adventure through a forest of great magic and ever deepening peril.Leo LaFleur writes short stories, poems, novels, and songs. He studied English, Philosophy, and Great Books at St. Thomas University and has been published in literary magazines throughout North America, as well as nominated for multiple music related awards. He lives in Saint John, New Brunswick, where he finds a great deal of inspiration in nature and the surrounding forests.

Adam Oehlers is a UK-based illustrator and sculptor whose work has earned him a British Fantasy Awards nomination. You can???t remember how you became the errand boy of a suspected witch.

You can only remember being desperate...

Run swiftly
as fast as you can.

There are other dangers here.
You know this.
To reach the witch's hut one must beware of all those creatures of the Whispering Woods.

The day is breaking.
The rain is shaking the leaves on the trees.
A drop here,
a drop there,
move faster,
pick up speed. Face your fears in this gorgeously illustrated graphic novel, set in a dark, Brothers' Grimm-style fairy-tale woods.Targeted National Print Media review mailing to children???s book review media, including Kirkus Review, The Horn Book, Publisher???s Weekly, ClS_