ROSANTHA TINDALL
blackliners
Wherever you go,
Whatever you do,
You gotta beware
Of the Whisper-Man!
No one questions it when a street-rat goes missing. No one listens to their rhymes. They’re the children no one cares about.
As a child, Silver believed in storybooks, but Northern Isaia is a harsh place for a young half-blood Elven left alone, adrift, and with nothing to lose. When Jeon Rellards, a mercenary for hire, offers her a job, she takes his hand.
There’s a shadow
On the streets.
Luca has never cared about being a monster. What does murder matter so long as someone can pay her? But children have always been a step too far, and she has a daughter of her own to worry about. Yet the newest apprentice of an old acquaintance is young too – young, and with magic.
And as winter closes in, Silver is starting to listen to the words of the street-rats.
He’ll scoop you up
And swallow you down
If you're around
When the Whisper-Man comes!
THE WHISPER-MAN, BLACKLINERS Book One, will be released from Shadow Spark Publishing on August 5, 2025
Rosantha Tindall is a dark fantasy and sometimes mystery writer from the north of England, though she has lived in many places, including her own mind most of the time. When not living in imaginary lands, she enjoys working with children, walks in the park, salsa and bachata dancing, and disgustingly girly things such as collecting plush toys and painting her nails.
She can be found on Twitter @RosanthaTindall and is Rosantha Tindall on any other social media sites she is present on.