The Auralia Thread Blog

Reading backwards

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

What would happen if you read the books in The Auralia Thread out of order? (more…)

Lindsay Stallones reviews The Ale Boy’s Feast

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Earlier, I posted the review of The Ale Boy’s Feast that was published today at The Other Journal.

I should also have posted this one… (more…)

I like your chances.

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Fiction Addict is giving away ten sets of The Auralia Thread. Ten sets of the entire series!

Want one? (more…)

Readings, interviews, reviews: The Ale Boy’s Feast is here at last!

Saturday, March 12th, 2011

Those who have pre-ordered The Ale Boy’s Feast should have the book in a couple of days, and you’ll find it in bookstores on Tuesday (if not earlier).

Yes, we’ve come to the end of a long journey. A four-year journey for readers, a sixteen-year journey for me.

Want to celebrate with me? (more…)

THE ALE BOY’S FEAST: Today-only, a giveaway!

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011


Want to be one of the first to hold a copy of The Ale Boy’s Feast in your hands? (more…)

A useful new URL

Sunday, February 13th, 2011

My Facebook Page can now be accessed with this simple new URL… (more…)

Giveaway! Want to win signed copies of the whole Auralia Thread series?

Monday, February 7th, 2011

The Auralia Thread is complete, and The Ale Boy’s Feast will arrive in bookstores everywhere in mid-March. But not everybody will have to pay for them… (more…)

Read a Chapter of The Ale Boy’s Feast

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Download the prologue and first chapter of The Ale Boy’s Feast from the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group website… here.

The Ale Boy’s Feast – The White Strand of The Auralia Thread

Friday, February 4th, 2011

The Ale Boy’s Feast is a great, sprawling poem. Its rich language moves and breathes and awakens every sense. Jeffrey Overstreet has made something beautiful here. His story reminds us that beauty is an agent of grace.”
—JONATHAN ROGERS, author of The Charlatan’s Boy

“Jeffrey Overstreet writes like Van Gogh painted. He is a literary impressionist, and his understated yet vivid narrative style overwhelms the imagination. The Ale Boy’s Feast does more than just tell the end of a story; it invites the reader into the world of the Expanse with a cast of beautifully complex characters to join them in pursuit of the mystery that calls us all.”
—LINDSAY STALLONES, evangelicaloutpost.com

On Sale: Mar 15, 2011
ISBN: 9781400074686
Categories: Fiction – Fantasy – General

ABOUT THE BOOK

The king is missing.
His promises lie in ruins.
His people are trapped as the woods turn deadly.
Underground, the boy called Rescue has found an escape.

The world has been poisoned. The forests, once beautiful, are now bloodthirsty.

But the people of House Abascar will risk their lives on a journey through those predatory trees. Inspired by Auralia’s colors, they’re searching for Inius Throan — a legendary city where they can start over again.

But they journey without a king. Cal-raven has lost his faith in himself and in that mysterious creature — the Keeper who inspired him to lead. His broken heart needs a miracle.

What of those Abascar survivors still enslaved to the beastmen? As the ale boy leads them upstream on an underground river, their deliverance depends on a miracle.

And where is the wandering mage, Scharr ben Fray? He’s discovered that the world’s history is a lie, one only a miracle can repair.

Time is running out for all of those whose stories are tangled in The Auralia Thread. But miracles happen wherever Auralia’s colors are found.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jeffrey Overstreet lives in two worlds. By day, he writes about movies at LookingCloser.org and in notable publications like Christianity Today, Paste, and Image. His adventures in cinema are chronicled in his book Through a Screen Darkly. By night, he composes new stories found in fictional worlds of his own. Living in Shoreline, Washington, with his wife, Anne, a poet, he is a contributing editor and writer for Response Magazine at Seattle Pacific University. Auralia’s Colors is his first novel.

Praise for The Ale Boy’s Feast

Friday, February 4th, 2011

The Ale Boy’s Feast is a great, sprawling poem. Its rich language moves and breathes and awakens every sense. Jeffrey Overstreet has made something beautiful here. His story reminds us that beauty is an agent of grace.”
—JONATHAN ROGERS, author of The Charlatan’s Boy

“Jeffrey Overstreet writes like Van Gogh painted. He is a literary impressionist, and his understated yet vivid narrative style overwhelms the imagination. The Ale Boy’s Feast does more than just tell the end of a story; it invites the reader into the world of the Expanse with a cast of beautifully complex characters to join them in pursuit of the mystery that calls us all.”
LINDSAY STALLONES, evangelicaloutpost.com

“…this story never failed to amaze me with its unpredictable course. It happens too frequently that in the final moments of a story, all the pieces are in place and it’s quite evident to the reader/viewer where they all fit. The Ale Boy’s Feast kept me guessing through its final sentences and even left with much to ponder after I closed and set down the book.” – AARON WHITE, Faith and Geekery