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The Taguien Cycle
A Fantasy Series for Young Adults

The Taguien Cycle is the most exciting and promising new project to have come before the committee in several years. It meets our two primarygoals: Develop a book line that will appeal to young adult readers, especially boys; and develop a book line that has the potential for media spin-offs that will contribute to future profits andon-going financial success.

Interest in the fantasy genre has increased steadily over the past ten years, a trend that shows no sign of reversal. Anecdotal industry sales statistics show an increase of 2to 3 percent per year for adult fantasy books and 5 to 6 percent for young adult fantasy books. Each year Lucerne has published several fairytale/magic books for younger readers, but we do notcurrently offer anything sophisticated enough to appeal to young adult readers. Although we have found it very difficult to sell other genres to this audience of reluctant readers, there is everyindication that offering a fantasy series at this time would met with success.

The most successful fantasy series are aimed squarely at the young adult market but also appeal to high-level grade-schoolreaders and adults. Several publishers have already achieved solid success in this arena with books by a variety of authors, such as:

1) Harry Potter series, by J. K. Rowling.
2) BartimaeusTrilogy, by Jonathan Stroud.
3) Artemis Fowl series, by Eoin Colfer.
4) Old Kingdom trilogy, by Garth Nix.
5) Inheritance series, by Christopher Paolini

Of special note are the HarryPotter series and the Inheritance series. The Harry Potter series now includes six books that are known and loved world-wide, making it arguably the most successful of all the fantasy offerings sinceJ.R.R. Tolkien’s classic trilogy, Lord of the Rings. The Inheritance series was penned by a 19-year-old, who after producing two very successful books in the series, grew tired of life as a writer and...