Children’s book – When fairytale and fantasy characters conquer New York

The great tragedy almost happened. The fairytale and fantasy world of Fabula is nearly destroyed, triggering a mass exodus into the real world – through a portal in the middle of Central Park in New York – which is also nearly destroyed in the process. Two worlds collide here, and right in the middle, New York twins Will and Charlotte find themselves in a struggle between good and evil, surrounded by elves, fairies, centaurs, trolls, brave hunters, evil furies and other beings of a world that only exists , because human imagination created them and keeps them alive. And it is precisely this fantasy that threatens to dry up, which would mean the end of Fabula. But Will and Charlotte are apparently chosen by fate to save this world, each in their own way.

Akram El-Bahay narrates in “Fabula – The Portal of the Thirteen Realms” a great story about a wild adventure of two children in a fantastic world, for which he borrows from numerous sagas from all over the world and time (he himself grew up as a child of an Egyptian father and a German mother with influences from two cultures). Fairy tale characters are gathered here as well as fantasy creatures, and the starring role is played by a dozen fairies that hold this world together. Or at least try, because evil has mingled with them and is threatening to pull them to the dark side, quite literally.