The Druid (The Dawning of Muirwood Book 1)

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A foundling raised in an abbey, she was entrusted by its imprisoned druid, Mordaunt, with an ancient tome. Despite betrayals, deceptions, and the deadly motivations of others, a girl from the flax fields is about to rise above her station. I remember using an old phone modem to dial into the HP network as a kid and play the mainframe games.

Argentine is the black-garbed, duplicitous, enraged, self-absorbed usurper of the throne of Ceredigion in.I love the religious influences and the stories flow together so well, even separated by so many generations. Learn more about Jeff's publishing journey in Your First Million Words, and visit his many worlds at www. So kind of a heads up for those who have read Muirwood, if it's been a while you may want to go back and read it again before starting this.

Other than that, it had and interesting magic system that felt religious but wasn't at the first glance. If you have read the Muirwood books Wheeler wastes no time on explanations so the story moves forward quickly.

To commemorate this moment, I am making the e-book and audio version *free* to all my fans until the end of March. It was in college that I was introduced to Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman and learned from that trilogy about the sad fate of the last Princess of Wales. Then she’s chosen to assist in establishing the new abbey of Muirwood, now the site of a castle in the swampy Bearden Muir.

The Aldermaston wants Eilean to become the Druid's servant, to spy on him and find out where he hid his Tome. The face carved into the stone bore the appearance of an elegant woman—the kind of lady she wished she could serve. I like the comparatively mellow pacing to start this one as Wheeler introduces newbies to the world and general concepts of the Medium. The main character (literally don't know how to spell her name since I listen to the audiobook) and her best friend had a great bond. My dad worked at Hewlett Packard and we had lots of scopes and equipment and soldering irons at home.Overall, even though I didn't enjoy this as much as other books in the Muirwood series I'm still looking forward to seeing how this plays out so I'll definitely be reading the next one. My college years were spent working at Intel and studying at San Jose State University, where I took as many creative writing classes as I could while focusing on a major in history. Because of this, Jeff Wheeler had to assume that a percentage of readers had never read the other books. As with his other books I will eagerly be waiting for the next installment as I am very hooked on this story. Aisic stood inside the row of ash trees with three other lads, their heads bent together in deep discussion.

The closer Eilean and Hoel get, the nearer they are to realizing the part they must play in their kingdom’s destiny—and its ties to Eilean’s own mysterious past. A drover was trying to coax a stubborn mule to pull his wagon back to the abbey, but the beast was having none of it. The world-building is excellent and continues to build on the already well documented lore from previous series by Mr. It was the first of your works that I read and I absolutely loved it- I couldn’t put my Kindle down last summer. He was still half-concealed in the shadows, and she had the sense he’d positioned himself there on purpose.

I could not have foreseen then how many people would come to love this world, nor did I imagine I’d still be publishing in it this year. There's a point where she is supposed to become really firm in her resolve to carry out the Medium's will but she never feels very firm at all, in anything. He had seen the feedback for Wretched of Muirwood, read it himself in an evening, and wanted to discuss the possibility of becoming a 47North author. All she must do is gain Mordaunt’s confidence and trust and persuade the apostate to divulge his secret to her. I even re-read Elfstones of Shannara again and loved it every bit as much as I had the previous times.