- A Primer of Accidents and Syntax
Coming September 2026
Elf is the bearer of an ancient trauma. Orc is searching for somewhere he feels he belongs. When an accident on a lonely road throws them together, they build a home, a life and a future beside one another.
But shadows are rising even in Arcadia. And when the darkness touches close to home, the two of them must confront what it means to stand together, not just in peace but in peril, and whether love alone can hold the centre.
Larkwing Books is delighted to announce the first novel from John E. R. Thomaides—a re-imagining for adult readers that honours and deepens the world Margaret Moore created.
C.E.O. Jamie Ferrante-Merrin said, “For years, readers have cherished Margaret Moore’s characters. This is the first time we’ve entrusted them to a new story-teller—and John sees them with the same heart she did.”
A Primer of Accidents and Syntax will be published on 17 September 2026, available in hardback, paperback, and on Kindle, exclusively from Amazon.