Princess Zyra's Lost Storm

"Starry sparks rest your shine, light will travel through its times. Love will clear the lost storm, bringing the clear sky back home."
History-making theatre practitioner and Amazon best-selling author, Susan Marshall, celebrates Australian childhood and its uniqueness in this captivatingly epic, metaphysical myth in verse for children.
Princess Zyra has inherited arid Australian land by the sea, perpetually lit by moonlight. As its new ruler, hoping to keep the land alive, she transforms it into the mystical cosmos of Sea Castle.
As Princess Zyra creates Sea Castle's mystical flora and fauna, she discovers that her beloved native Birri are missing. Working with her sister, Jara the Magician and their magical friends, Princess Zyra must save Sea Castle's environment, find the Birri and defeat the unnatural force that plagues her world. As time closes in, Princess Zyra realises that the success of her mission greatly depends on her ability to discover the deeper mystery of being surrounding her own lost storm.
Award-winning Susan Marshall's epic, metaphysical myth in verse, Princess Zyra's Lost Storm: An Australian Childhood Myth, is a lyrical narrative and visual feast, enhanced by her distinctively unique illustrations. It is a tale of childhood heroism, adventure and the quest for being and existing as Australia faces drought. Inspired by classical metaphysical philosophies and theories, the moonlit cosmos of Sea Castle transcends the fierce beauty of Australian land and sea, empowering our hero, Princess Zyra as its original mystic, pioneer and adventurer. A captivating tale fuelled by vivid moments of childhood growth, perception, discovery, desire, dreams and imagination to enthrall generations to come.

Susan L. Marshall is the founder of Story Playscapes, an independent Australian publishing house. She is an Australian author, poet, dramatist, theatre practitioner, illustrator and essayist. Susan is renown for her original, contemporary metaphysical literary technique, called Fragmentique, which she uses to develop her distinctively profound and deeply emotive metaphysical works for a global readership. Susan's body of work includes more than 35 publications, which contribute significantly to shaping the narrative of contemporary metaphysical literature. She creates works that fuse metaphysical philosophy with a diverse range of genres. Her distinctive writing voice is renowned for its unique mystical, lyrical and Romantic qualities, which share a heartfelt and sometimes surrealist narrative, evoking wonder and awe. Susan's works provide a special focus on the eternal nature of the Romantic Spirit and its journeys through every day human experiences; internal landscapes; deep soulful experiences and natural worlds. Her major professional publications, produced by Story Playscapes, are available in more than 200 countries and territories around the globe. Susan is also the founder of her monumental Theatre Playscapes style for young adults (introduced in her dramatic literature: Fleur of Yesterday and All the Hope We Carry). She is a multiple award recipient (Top Story Award at Vocal Media; Award for Special Civic Service; Arthur Andersen Prize for Business Studies and an Australian National Volunteer Award for her work in literacy education). Susan is also the Amazon best-selling author of Bare Spirit (which is also recognised as a Popular Psychology publication) and Wild Soul (which was also a #1 Hot New Release at Amazon Australia and #8 Hot New Release at Amazon USA). In her work at Story Playscapes, Susan dedicates herself to unique global literacy initiatives, such as the My Story Meadow Project and the Romantic Spirit Alight Readers' Garden, which work to provide reading, writing and wellbeing experiences for her global readership. In 2026, Susan L. Marshall has stepped into her new era as author and debut illustrator, on the release of her publication: Princess Zyra's Lost Storm: An Australian Childhood Myth. Susan is also continuously developing new publications and the highly anticipated product line of Story Playscapes' premium and bespoke, signature Romantic Spirit Collection. Its first edition, to be released in May, will present her renown novel: Adira and the Dark Horse in a luxurious, premium hard cover, Dawn and Dusk Deluxe edition.