Lux M. Vale

The Tome of Talula by Lux M. Vale is a Christian dark fantasy adventure featuring a supernatural treasure hunt, ancient relics, strange creatures, found family, and a tyrant who absolutely refuses to mind his business.

You thought you were getting a magical treasure hunt with found family and weird little creatures.

And technically?

You are.

✨ Ancient relics
🦄 Weird creatures
🗺️ Adventure
✨ Friendship ✨

There’s just a little more murder than the brochure mentioned.

A Fantasy Adventure Through the World of Amblem

The Tome of Talula is Book One of the Tomes of Amblem series by Christian dark fantasy author Lux M. Vale.

Set in the supernatural world of Amblem, the novel follows an unlikely group on a quest across the Commonwelth to find a god-killing dagger.

Simple enough.

Except this is Amblem.

The journey leads the characters through dangerous territories, supernatural encounters, ancient mysteries, political conflict, religious corruption, and pieces of history that don’t always match the stories they’ve been told.

And then there’s the tyrant.

We’ll get to him.

Unfortunately.

Ancient Relics and a God-Killing Dagger

Ancient relics play an important role in the worldbuilding and story of The Tome of Talula.

Some are weapons.

Some carry histories their owners don’t completely understand.

Some are connected to mysteries much older than the characters searching for them.

And one particular artifact—the god-killing dagger—becomes the focus of the group’s journey across Amblem.

Finding it means traveling through a world where supernatural objects, forgotten histories, and ancient powers are often connected.

Which would be significantly easier if everyone involved would stop having secrets.

They will not.

Weird Fantasy Creatures? Absolutely.

Amblem isn’t populated by humans alone.

Throughout The Tome of Talula, readers encounter demons, fallen angels, vampyrs, cursed direwolves, dragons, demigods, fae, elves, cryptids, relic beasts, and other supernatural creatures.

There is also a floating skull.

His name is Bixor.

We’re very proud of him.

One of the central ideas behind the world of Amblem is that someone’s species doesn’t automatically tell you whether they’re good or evil.

The monsters aren’t always monstrous.

The angels aren’t always righteous.

And the humans certainly aren’t getting a free pass.

Found Family in The Tome of Talula

At the heart of all the supernatural chaos is a found family.

The Tome of Talula brings together characters who have experienced grief, isolation, loss, trauma, questions of identity, and complicated relationships with faith.

They aren’t supposed to fit together.

They do anyway.

Sometimes badly.

But the relationships they form become just as important as the quest itself.

So yes, there really is friendship.

✨ Friendship. ✨

Don’t ask how many traumatic events were required to achieve it.

And Then There’s the Tyrant

Every magical fantasy adventure needs a problem.

Amblem has several.

One of them is a tyrant who absolutely refuses to mind his business.

His influence reaches across the story of The Tome of Talula and into the larger history of the Tomes of Amblem series.

Unfortunately, saying much more would involve spoilers.

So for now:

Ancient relics.

Weird creatures.

Adventure.

Found family.

A god-killing dagger.

And one extremely persistent tyrant.

See?

Magical treasure hunt.

Mostly.

Read The Tome of Talula by Lux M. Vale

The Tome of Talula is a Christian dark fantasy adventure written by Lux M. Vale and published by L.M. Publishing.

The novel combines deep fantasy worldbuilding, found family, ancient relics, supernatural creatures, adventure, faith, redemption, mystery, political and religious conflict, and closed-door romance.

The Tome of Talula, Book One of the Tomes of Amblem series, releases October 6, 2026.

The Kindle edition is available for preorder now, with paperback and hardcover editions available beginning October 6.

Come for the magical treasure hunt.

Stay because apparently the tyrant has made this everyone’s problem.