Fog & Fireflies
With refreshing echoes of golden age fantasy, Fog & Fireflies is a novel that brings together an imaginative world and fantastical cast of characters to explore the difference between growing older and growing up.
Why do we grow more scared as we get older?
Hundreds of seasons ago, a wizard's war scarred the earth, leaving a malevolent fog blanketing the land, and carrying the settlements within it like ships adrift at sea. The phantoms the fog creates are deadly to adults, so children must guard the walls now, and care for each other.
Ogma watches the fog from the walls of her windmill town. What felt like a game as a child becomes more of a creeping dread with each season she gets older.
Because we know better.
Ogma's town is attacked—alien caravanners who roam the fog in inhuman forms have come to kidnap the children, and Ogma is lost in the fog. She must find hope, find courage in herself, and find her friends.
A novel for readers who enjoy rich worldbuilding in the style of Hayao Miyazaki, a unique cast of creatures and characters that harkens back to L. Frank Baum and Arthur Rackham, and the bonds of found family akin to the work of Maggie Stiefvater and Makoto Shinkai
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T.H. Lehnen
T.H. Lehnen creates fantasy worlds that feel alive with both wonder and unease, where young heroes confront forces that are as mysterious as they are dangerous. His debut novel, Fog & Fireflies, introduces readers to a hauntingly atmospheric realm where a creeping fog threatens the adults of a village, leaving children to navigate peril, courage, and the blurred line between reality and enchantment. Through this story, Lehnen explores themes of resilience, responsibility, and the quiet power that emerges when ordinary individuals face extraordinary challenges.
Fog & Fireflies
In a world blanketed by a creeping, mysterious fog, the Fog & Fireflies series draws readers into a landscape where danger and wonder coexist at every turn. Villages hover on the edge of survival, children take on impossible responsibilities, and the boundaries between courage and fear blur with each step into the unknown. The fog itself feels alive, hiding secrets, phantom figures, and threats that can change the course of a life in an instant.
Fog & Fireflies consists of one book and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
