Alone

New epic manga for young adults. A visceral tale about not belonging. All the dark elves have been exterminated except a little boy who grows up among white elves. His name is Caim. Caim is destined for a difficult life after the grear war between the elves. Almost everybody hates him and wishes him dead. But one day his teacher tells him about a place called Joker where everybody can live in peace, regardless of who they are.

Joker becomes the place of Caim’s dreams. It comes as a total surprise when a boy at school befriends him, a boy who doesn’t seem to mind Caim’s darker skin. But will their friendship endure until they reach the fabled place Joker?

The Dark Elf is an epic manga series for young adults, and a visceral tale about not belonging. We follow Caim, a little dark elf who is the last of his kin after all others have been exterminated following a great war between the dark and the white elves. He grows up among the white elves, and is destined to have a hard life, treated with contempt and wished to be dead by the elves around him. One day, he learns of a place called Joker where everyone is rumoured to live in peace, regardless of who they are. But can this place be real? Joker begins to loom large in his head, and he decides that he must get there, whatever the price may be.

Alone is the first instalment of The Dark Elf series, with book four published in April 2025.

Madelene Hovstadius

Literary Agent | Fiction & Non-Fiction, Childrens' & YA

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