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Future echoes in the dark To read an extract click on the image |
Merith - upcoming publication To read an extract click on the image |
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Echoes In The Dark 0955263107 published 30th June Darksight Publishing
Synopsis A
girl is found in a field just outside of Cambridge. She has been attacked
and assaulted but there is no sign of how she got there. She blacks out at
moments of stress, bringing a terrifying ordeal of shattered memories
interfering with the life she is living now. The
two timelines interweave a pattern of exhilarating events and barbaric
savagery. In the mists of dawn and the alarming reality of now, a fight in
the dark, capture, torture and assault enrage the inexperienced Merith to
kill using her new found powers of shape-shifting and majick. From the Publisher The
author has created a world of believable characters and settings using a
background of Saffron Walden in the year 1538. He has successfully blended
some of the actual historical events with his own imagery to convey a
colourful time in history. The religion created in this novel is original
and in keeping with the religious turmoil of the time. It conveys the
actual practices and beliefs of the common people. One imagines Robin Hood
and others of his ilk to have said a passing prayer to the goddess Ichmarr. Merith
herself, is a fifteen-year-old female, she belongs to a dying race called
the Silves, who are akin to the elves talked about in popular mythology.
She is a character borne out of a tough life, hardened by the conditions
she has endured, The
narrator of the story, Merith, often tells the reader of her emotions and
feelings she cannot express. She relates the bewilderment in being in such
strange surroundings in the present day and the inability to understand
the English being spoken now. The narrator charts her progress in her
religion and the holy mission she embarks on to recover a holy text. Reviews The
Daily Mail described it as, "a fascinating read" The
Bookbrat, "…it would take me on a complex lattice of routes,
creating a picture of great writing, a definite must, a definite
buy." Wendy
O"Niel, "It pulled me in and I want to read more!" Armanda L Manuel, "A good read that leads you heart poundingly into the next sentence. Definite Go!"
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