The Exile Maddy Court Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Pittsburgh Press

a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues of blues and reds and is governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager

a series of felonious rivals contrive to snatch the art for themselves

By Demi Naito

The Exile Maddy Court Rolling StoneBy Erik Kriek. Published by Living the Line, 2023. Hardcover, 192 pages, colour interior. Ages 13 and up After seven years of exile, battle hardened Hallstein Thordsson returns home to Iceland, only to find that old wounds haven't healed. His stepmother Solveig and his half brother Ottar are besieged by wood thieves, directed by her unwelcome suitor, Einar. The Exile's presence disrupts the delicate balance and threatens to tip all of Iceland into