WHEELING, W. Va., March 2, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- A storm was raging and killers were following a sorceress when she left her special baby, Luxy, in Mesham and Xenia Ryner's goat shed. The couple raise the girl as their own, introducing the child to sorcery and helping her unleash her true, magical self in Catherine E. Custer's new novel, Luxy Ryner and the Mysterious Tomb of Time (now available through AuthorHouse).
The Ryners school Luxy in their own religion, which is a mixture of Christianity, witchcraft and backwoods magic. Luxy, a precocious girl with snow white hair and sparkling blue eyes, has an unusual marking on the back of her neck that she later learns holds significant meaning. She enters the Kismet Sorcery School, a prestigious, multi-planet school that students can only reach by magical cyclone.
After her arrival, Luxy meets a group of friends that join her in all her adventures: Orb, a fish boy; Rox, a wolf boy; Dredon, a spider boy; Joylyn, a snow fairy; and Quade, an ice nymph. Luxy, a fast learner and Emanu sorceress, absorbs knowledge about the customs of the creatures on various planets and about animals and insects. Engrossed in her studies, she is unaware that a vile enemy within the school is assigned to kill her. The culprit is a member of a black magic clan that is older than time. Luxy, who hails from a Christian white clan, subscribes to the philosophy of helping mankind. As Luxy and her schoolmates undergo new experiences and learning opportunities, the enemy lurks.
In Luxy Ryner and the Mysterious Tomb of Time, a fantastic, lively novel, the young sorceress learns much about her powers and discovers her true inner strength.
Custer, a native of Wheeling, W.V., attended Wheeling Jesuit University. She is a member of a musical charity group that brings music to nursing homes and church gatherings. Custer and her husband, Joseph, have three children.
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