The first lines of a novel or short story must grab the reader’s attention, enticing them to continue past the first page and continue reading. The first sentence provides you with an opportunity to showcase your writing style, introduce your main character, or establish the inciting incident of your narrative.
The first sentence in the book Adam Stormstar and the lost legacy written by Emil Karlsson
Released at Lange Publisher in Spring 2016, as a Printed book in Swedish.
4.4 stars
“It’s always hard to say goodbye”
What is it about?
When Adam’s mother suddenly dies, his whole world is turned upside down. He is forced to move with his older brother Björn to his grandmother’s house in Öland. After inheriting a mysterious box from his mother, Adam is involuntarily drawn into a battle between good and evil that stretches back to Viking times, and he realizes that his life is not at all what it seems. Together with his brother and Alva – a newfound friend from the island – Adam must accept his fate and enter a world full of magic and strange creatures, to fight evil and find out the truth about his lost heritage…
The author
Emil Karlsson is the author of the fantasy book series, “Adam Stormstar”.
He is also a musician.