This is the end of the story - Jan Fortune

A Quixotic coming of age novel exploring the ways we enter the fantasy lives of those we love, This is the End of the Story is the first in a trilogy of new novels from Cinnamon Press founding editor, Jan Fortune.

Belief is Cassie's gift, so much so that she believes herself to be whoever those in her life tell her she is - Cassie, Kat, Kitty, even, as Miriam insists, Casilda, an 11th century Muslim princess from Toledo. Cassie's loyalty to Miriam's extraordinary internal world survives a traumatic incident on a beach and a coming of age fraught with hostility, but is strained by an act of betrayal that propels her towards Liam, another person waiting to tell Cassie who she really is.

But Cassie may be more resourceful than either Miriam or Liam imagine. Caught in a labyrinth of friendship, hope and obligation, she must decide her own identity, and when she visits Toledo, tracking down the elusive Casilda, is this the end of the story?

"I was carried away by the story, hooked on the characters and impressed with how deftly the non-linear narrative was presented."
David Mark Williams
Publisher: Cinnamon Press