Into the Abyss: Vault of Verona

How is this happening? How can I possibly be in a time 600 years before my own?

Harriet Hunter is living the life of an everyday teenager. In her final year of high school, Harriet is under pressure to balance friends, family, study and life. But all is not as it seems, and Harriet soon finds herself sucked back into a centuries old story - to the time of the fictional Montagues and Capulets. But are they imaginary - or simply the ancestors who came before us?

In 14th Century Verona Harriet is mistaken for the infamous Juliet Capulet, to whom she bears more than a passing resemblance. Showing nerves of steel and a quick mind, Harriet takes the place of the missing Juliet while she figures out which part of the play she has been dropped into. Desperate to escape the oppressive influence of Lord Capulet and the ever present threat of marriage to Paris, Harriet jumps at the chance to escape the city with Caterina, a Capulet maid. But what she finds on the outskirts of Verona will change everything, and could end her chances at returning to her own reality.

Can Harriet save two tragically doomed lives, and her own skin, before time runs out?

Price reimagines the classic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet from the perspective of a modern woman accustomed to the attitudes and prejudices of her own time: not those of a medieval society.

Graduate Diploma in Teaching and Learning

Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Diploma of Applied Social Science (Counselling)

Certificate IV in Small Business

Certificate IV in Legal Administration

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Marissa is a YA/Crossover author writing from sunny Bribie Island, Australia. Her lifelong dream of writing a novel has now come to fruition, through Into the Abyss: Vault of Verona. Marissa is building on the success of her first novel with a second, Scourge of Scotland, due in early 2018.

In addition to her fiction publications, Marissa has been featured in The Regionalist, a journal run by the Institute for Regional Security in Canberra. She has written on many subjects, including Australia's refugee responses and the influence of diplomacy in the Asia Pacific region. Her current Honours thesis addresses the radicalisation of young people through a historical approach to studying religious communities within Australia.

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As a high school teacher English and Legal Studies teacher, Marissa is passionate about literacy among our youth. She believes in hard work, consistency and determination, and she writes to provide a wonderful journey for her readers to enjoy. In our turbulent and often disturbing world, there is no better place to escape to than a great book, with characters who can make you feel as though you are experiencing the plot alongside them.



Marissa is a mother of two and has a busy, but fulfilling life that she shares with her husband of 10 years. She loves nothing more than having an impact on future generations and hopes to achieve this through the Into the Abyss series.

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