Lite: The high Treason Incident
Merion is a young mouse who has worked hard to overcome her physical disability and earn her place as a messenger for the Royal Message Service. Her life is upended when she stumbles on a plot of high treason. In this crisis LITE, the intelligence agency for the country of Lyleechee, is reestablished by Xander Shadow. Merion is recruited to the newly formed LITE Academy as an agent in training. Before she finishes the academy, she is called upon to use her cunning, courage and daring to help foil the plot to take over Lyleechee.
IPPY Awards 2023, Bronze Medal Winner Best First Book - Juvenile / Young Adult.
Purple Dragonfly Book Award 2024,
Honorable Mention - New Author Fiction
Honorable Mention - Middle Grades Fiction
Forward Indies Awards 2022
Juvenile Fiction Finalist
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Characters
Merion
An orphan who worked from a small mousekin to overcome her disability and become a Royal Messenger. Merion’s life is good until one night the Message Service is destroyed and she is put in danger. Suddenly everything she knows is gone and she must find a new path for herself. She accepts Shadow’s invitation to train as a LITE agent and begins a new exciting chapter in her life.
Xander Shadow
Shadow worked as a LITE agent for most of his adult life and was instrumental in reestablishing LITE. Much of his career and many of his deeds are shrouded in secrecy. He is a master at making doodads for LITE agents to use on their missions. His most famous concoction is special chocolates or other treats that can help an agent out of a tight spot.
River Cloud
River is a chigeon handler. River’s ancestors developed the chigoens as the official transportation for LITE. Once LITE is reformed, River continues the tradition of her family and helps Merion and Shadow on their missions.
