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"Into the Red Realm" Author Joseph Mazerac on the Sunbury Press Books Show

August 16, 2025

The second volume of The Castatine Chronicles, Into the Red Realm carries on Joseph Mazerac's series that effortlessly combines young adult fiction, coming of age, adventure and fantasy on Sunbury's Milford House Press imprint.

In book one, Into the Attic of the World, Charles Miller and his friends join the ageless Captain Kid on an adventure through layers of reality in an effort to rescue the Patch Fairy. Through endless trials, Charles now finds himself essentially alone in the "Red Realm," a place not even the captain wants to venture. Here, a black unicorn rules and awaits the delivery of the Patch Fairy.

Joined only by Cyclops the Great, who has prophesized his next-level immersion, Charles must face horrors unknown. What will he find in the Red Realm, and will he survive?

Joseph Mazerac traveled through much of his early life, with many "friends" who have made their way into his writing. For over two decades, Mazerac worked as an unexploded ordinance technician, or "bomb guy." A winner of the Royal Palm Literary Award, Mazerac is working on the third and final Castatine Chronicles volume, plus an adult fantasy work, Tournament Moons. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida; you can find out more at his website.