The Druid’s Woman - Shanna Murchison 1-58345-708-9 hardcover $120 pp. $14.95; 1-58345-245-1 trade paperback $10
In this novel of Ireland, Davnat encounters Parthalann, a mysterious druid who trains her up to be his helper and consort. But despite all the powers she is given, their Fates have already been decreed....
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Excerpt from Chapter 3:
As he tied the end of his waterskin closed and made to rise, a twig snapped behind him.
Parthalann turned to face his enemy. He forced himself to relax as the powerful unseen force slammed him into a tree. Invisible hands and feet beat and kicked at him, and he did his best to ward off the blows, moving forward into them. A few hard cracks to his ribs winded him. But with a massive thrust of his fists, the invisible forces dispelled.
A mysterious grey light shimmering in front of him now at last took shape.
"So you’ve done it then. You’ve set the wheel in motion," the newcomer hissed.
He was nearly as tall as Parthalann himself, with a shaven head and long grey beard plaited into two. His long nails stretched out like talons as he pointed his hand accusingly in Parthalann’s face.
Parthalann took a deep breath and wheezed, "You knew I would one day. Though I have to admit, I didn’t even know it was time until the other day."
"It still isn’t too late to change your mind, you know. You have the woman, but you haven’t joined with her yet. Or, if you do join with her here and now in this wood, you don’t have to win her over to the druids' ways...."
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