Ridley Scott has optioned a new Young Adult fantasy series in the hopes that it might just become the next big thing.
According to Deadline, film director and producer Ridley Scott has optioned the screen rights to Fae by Colet and Jasmine Abedi, who used their joint name C.J. Abedi to pen the book.
Fae is the first book in a set trilogy by the sisters. Having become a bestseller digitally, this might just be a series to keep your eye on. The second book, The Dark King, is already completed, but has yet to be released.
The buzz about the book is fairly new, but notable reviewers and celebs have been praising it left and right. While optioning the rights is just the first step in the extremely long and tedious process of making a film, it is a start. And in the hands of Scott, this series definitely has the potential to become another large YA franchise.
The official description of the novel is as follows:
The battle between Light and Dark is about to begin.
Caroline Ellis’ sixteenth birthday sets into motion a series of events that have been fated for centuries. A descendant of Virginia Dare, the first child born in the lost colony of Roanoke, and unaware of her birthright as the heir to the throne of the Light Fae, it isn’t until Caroline begins a tumultuous relationship with Devilyn Reilly that the truth of her heritage is revealed.
Devilyn is the only Fae who is both of the Light and of the Dark, and struggles to maintain that precarious balance to avoid succumbing to the power of the Dark within him. He is the only one who can save Caroline from those who would destroy her and destroy all hope for unity among the Fae. He promises Caroline that he will protect her at all costs, even when it means protecting her from himself.
Told from the alternating perspectives of Caroline and Devilyn, FAE draws on mysteries, myths and legends to create a world, and a romance, dangerously poised between Light and Dark.