The new big epic by the author of the bestselling trilogy about the mysterious Ancient Metropolis A very old house in the Scottish Highlands that is hiding a dark secret. A mother with whispering lies in her eyes. Two brothers who, after many years, return to the place of their childhood. A power that threatens to swallow them all. And last but not least, a teenage sweetheart who comes out of the shadows and will change everything. With "Fabula", the beginning of a new trilogy, Christoph Marzi shows yet again that, after the huge success of "Lycidas", "Lilith" and "Lumen", he is one of the most creative and original writers of German fantasy. Press "If you like fantasy, you must read Christoph Marzi"s wonderful books. A real discovery!" stern "Christoph Marzi writes as spellbindingly as Cornelia Funke or Jonathan Stroud." Bild am Sonntag "Christoph Marzi is the most exciting new talent of German fantasy." Kai Meyer "Christoph Marzi is a wonderful writer, one who makes us forget the world around us!" Bild am Sonntag Author Christoph Marzi, born in 1970, studied Economics Education in Mainz and began teaching at an economics secondary school in Saarbrücken. He has been writing fantasy stories for many years and was awarded the Deutsche Phantastik Prize for the best debut novel.