Magdalen Rising: The Beginning
β Scribed by Cunningham, Elizabeth
- Publisher
- Monkfish Book Publishing
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 361 KB
- Edition
- Reprint
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Book One: The Isle of Women; Chapter One: The Birth of Brightness; Chapter Two: Wist Ye Not?; Chapter Three: The Blood of the Maiden; Chapter Four: What's in a Name?; Chapter Five: The Fire of the Stars; Chapter Six: Beneath Bride's Breast; Chapter Seven: Cocoon; Chapter Eight: The Descent of the Dove; Chapter Nine: Ten Take Away One; Book Two: The Writing in the Sky; Chapter Ten: Embarking; Chapter Eleven: One of the Crowd; Chapter Twelve: The Lake of Little Stones; Chapter Thirteen: Conspicuous Disposal; Chapter Fourteen: What Your Mothers Never Told You; Chapter Fifteen: Admissions.;""Smart and earthy ... richly imaginative ... the epitome of the storyteller's art.""- St. Louis Post-Dispatch , named one of ""The Year's Best Books"" ""This amazing book could well become a classic of women's literature.""- Booklist , named one of the ""Year's Ten Best Fantasy Books"" Young Magdalen and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid who knows a perilous secret about Maeve's past. The prequel to The Passi.
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