Welcome to The Labyrinth of Melusine!
A medieval fantasy of high imagination, probing the dimensions of love, family, courage, humility, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
The Story: a Medieval Faerie Tale
Melusine believes keeping her faerie nature a secret from her human husband is a sensible decision, though past pairings have been ill-fated. Handsome and charming, Raymond could be the one to break the curse and give her strong children to revitalize the faerie people. Their love is true, and Raymond trusts Melusine deeply, even with her one condition for their marriage: that she have Saturdays to herself. But when court gossip fractures that trust, Melusine’s carefully forged currents of magic shatter.
When their children, unschooled in their powers, become overwhelmed by the strangeness of their lives, Melusine’s plan spins out of control, leading to betrayal, horrific deaths, and destruction. The heir, Geoffrey, unnerved by events he doesn’t understand, must come to terms with his true nature and save his family. On a frightening new path, he is challenged by a giant, his relentless faerie grandmother, and a host of beings who know his every fear. Will he find the courage to face them, and himself?
Meet the Author
Jodi Lorimer is an author and mad gardener, and is fortunate to live in Portland, Oregon, where almost everything grows. In a previous life, she was a professional voice talent and, among other things, was the voice for the Portland transit system, the MAX, for many years. She has written and voiced a series of recorded short stories appropriately titled “Twisted Epiphanies.” Hailing from the California Gold Country, she loves history (the older, the better) and archaeology, and as a student of anthropology and mythology, these subjects inspire her writing. A family history and a memoir are in the pipeline. She has two children, one perfect grandchild, a hive of bees, two opinionated cats, and a devoted husband. She has made her garden as faerie friendly as possible and anticipates their arrival any day now.
What Readers Say
“This modern retelling of the legend of Melusine will captivate lovers of fantasy. The Labyrinth of Melusine weaves a rich tapestry of fairy tales and myths into a story of resilience and learning to accept one’s true self.”
Lisa Rizzo
Author of In the Poem an Ocean and Always a Blue House