The strength of a man resides in the fear of never fulfilling his destiny.
When your dreams, or more aptly, nightmares, become your reality, how do you deal with that pressure on top of the first year of high school? What if your family has a deep dark secret that has brought to fruition this turmoil and called you away from your crush, who just happens to also be your best friend? Do you accept your fate to save the universe or try to live a "normal" life knowing the truth?
The first year of high school has its difficulties, but for Leonardo with his fiery red hair, it is much more than just difficult. Maya, the girl he has a crush on, only sees him as a friend, then Leonardo is tortured by the school bully right in front of her. If that wasn't enough, a teacher, whose life's goal seems to be to make Leonardo's life a living hell, calls him to the board, waking him from one nightmare only to live out the nightmare of humiliation in front of the class. It couldn't get any worse . . . until it does.
Leonardo's scary visions of a mysterious world seem far too realistic. Feeling he has no other choice, he reaches out to his parents and beloved Uncle Victor for help, only to find out a dark family secret that changes his life forever.
Midendhil, a land at the center of the universe, is in great danger and Leonardo is their only hope. The Dark Lord desperately seeks to steal the eight Sidhit spheres that hold the balance of the universe's life force. It's up to Leonardo to save the Sidhits and the universe.
Will he be up for such an extraordinary mission? Can he discern who is telling the truth after being lied to for so long? How trustworthy are these strangers and strange creatures he meets in Midendhil?
Join Leonardo as he battles between his destiny and his will in the first book in the Magical Lands of Midendhil series.
Mazzoli, Davide Simon: - Davide Simon was born in Milan, Italy, in 1980 but he has been living in Orlando, Florida, with his family for the past decade. At the end of the 1990s, he began working in the entertainment industry as a set designer, sculptor, and project manager in the theme park and entertainment sector.While his career as a writer and director of TV shows and fiction has been expansive and fulfilling-he has worked with MTV, SKY, and other networks-his career as an author has truly been the most rewarding to him.His book titled Radio-grafia di un DJ che Non Piace (X-Ray of an Unlikable DJ) was published by Rizzoli and became a bestseller in the first ten days of publication. Then, his thriller Lo Specchio del Male (The Mirror of Evil) was published by TEA, and that same year, MonDadori also published his book titled Non Mollare Mai! (Never Give Up!). These three books have been published in Italy.After the success of his novels, Sperling & Kupfer published the first book of his YA fantasy saga The Magical Lands of Midendhil, which was then translated and published in Bulgaria by Egmont and Brazil by Saraiva Group. Thanks to the great feedback from the readers, the first Midendhil book became the night show theme of Mirabilandia, one of the most successful and important theme parks in Europe.Davide Simon Mazzoli is also a screen player and movie director. He produced the movie On Air: Storia di un Successo (On Air: A Success Story), which was based on his novel X-Ray of an Unlikable DJ and distributed by Medusa. For this movie, he received the Best Director Award at the 13th Magna Græcia Film Festival.He recently published in Italy the novel Uccidi il Male (Kill the Evil), the first book of a thriller series by publisher La Corte Editore. For the international market he created Benny and His Friends, an educational picture book series by Moon Publishing, an imprint of Rusconi Editore.Davide Simon Mazzoli is also a founder of tech brands specialized in entertainment, virtual reality, and augmented reality formats for new worldwide development.When not writing, directing, or producing, you can find him spending time with his beloved kids and wife, enjoying all that Florida has to offer.
