Cost: $40.00
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Location: Pasadena Presbyterian Church, 585 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91101
Date: Feb 11, 2026 – 7pm
SenLinYu discusses Alchemised, Pasadena Presbyterian Church, Pasadena, CA
The best-selling author of the New York Times discusses her dark fantasy novel that has become a literary sensation.
**BOOKS WILL BE PRESIGNED. THERE WILL BE NO SIGNING OR PHOTO OP FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION**
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this captivating dark fantasy debut, a woman with lost memories struggles to survive in a war-torn realm of necromancy and alchemy, alongside the man assigned to uncover the deepest secrets of her past.
A SHE READS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
“What do you believe you are safeguarding in that mind of yours? The war has concluded. Holdfast is no more. The Eternal Flame has been extinguished. There is no one left for you to rescue.”
Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino now finds herself a prisoner of war and of her own psyche. Her friends and allies in the Resistance have been brutally slain, her powers suppressed, and the world she once knew has been obliterated.
In the wake of a prolonged conflict, Paladia’s new ruling elite, composed of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers whose vile undead minions contributed to their triumph, holds Helena captive.
According to the records of the Resistance, she was a healer of little significance within their ranks. However, Helena suffers from an inexplicable memory loss regarding the months leading up to her capture, prompting her adversaries to question: Is she truly as inconsequential as she seems, or do her lost memories conceal a crucial element of the Resistance’s final strategy?
To retrieve the memories buried deep within her consciousness, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most formidable and merciless necromancers in this new world. Confined within his decaying estate, Helena’s struggle to safeguard her lost history and to maintain the last remnants of her former identity is just beginning. For both her prison and her captor harbor secrets of their own… secrets that Helena must uncover, regardless of the cost.
This is a ticketed event and will be held at Pasadena Presbyterian Church, located at 585 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101.
Tickets will include a signed copy of Alchemised, which will be distributed at check-in, along with a printed, double-sided black and white map. There will not be a public book.
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