A LAMPETER student’s debut sci-fi novel Destroyers is now available to download online.

Currently in her second year of the four-year MArts Creative Writing degree at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Laura James-Brownsell is ‘overjoyed’ to have completed her first novel.

Destroyers is a book about a girl called Coral Hughes who lives in a world where almost everyone in the universe vanishes and an evil organisation tries to use the ensuing climate of terror to inflict their own horrific agenda.

Laura, who is originally from Swansea, also writes her own blog titled The Magic of Stories: Life as a writer with Cat’s Eye Syndrome – a rare chromosomal disorder.

“I’m overjoyed to have completed my first novel,” she said. “I actually had the idea for Destroyers when I was 13 years old and to now see the finished novel available for others to read is extremely exciting.

“Writing has been my passion for as long as I remember and studying creative writing at UWTSD is a fantastic experience.

“As somebody who suffers from Cat’s Eye Syndrome I’m very grateful to everybody at the Lampeter campus for all their support.

“I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the course so far and look forward to the next phase of my degree.”

Laura’s mentor and tutor Dr Jeni Williams said: “Laura is a talented writer who takes her work seriously.”