Till we fall

'Till we fall' is a modern fairy tale for grown-ups. So tenderly is magic woven into the real-world fabric of this extraordinary story that it becomes natural and plausible. Among the author's role models in the genre were Erin Morgenstern, Eowyn Ivey, Ali Shaw and Audrey Niffenegger. Sophie is out for a walk in Hamburg's Municipal Park with James, her Labrador Retriever. She encounters Oliver, a young man sitting on a tree stump crying bitterly. He seems to be desperate. When she asks him what's wrong, he claims to be the Fall personified, and that he is frantic because he has lost the ability to usher in the season and all the changes that come with it. It is already October. The leaves should have started to fall long ago. If Oliver won't succeed in finally initiating fall, all of nature is in jeopardy. Sophie decides to help the stranger. Together they try to find a way for Oliver to regain his power. It doesn't take long for Sophie to fall in love with him. During their search, they discover not only the true nature of seasons, but also how the seasons relate to all human feelings.

Tobias Heuer is thirty-two years old and lives with his family in northern Germany. He almost exclusively reads books in the urban fantasy genre himself and is always fascinated when an author manages to interweave something magical with the real world in such a subtle way that it seems logical. He also personally appreciates it when novels are entertaining and captivating from the very first page, so that the reader doesn't have to wait long for the central plot to begin. His aim as a writer is to write modern fairy tales for adults that can be short breaks from everyday life. It was with this aspiration for his stories and himself that he began writing 'Until We Fall'. He was inspired by authors such as Erin Morgenstern, Eowyn Ivey, Ali Shaw and Audrey Niffenegger.