About the Book
Leading an army of faeries and pixies into battle against mountain trolls was not what Cadi expected when she accepted the task of rescuing Ewen - the son of the Overseer of the Faeries.
Squire Ewen followed his liege into battle with a head full of romantic notions of knights, heroics, and damsels in distress. Being captured by a troll, thrown into a cave, and awaiting a hideous death was not how he had foreseen his adventure to play out.
Can Ewen stay out of trouble long enough for Cadi to rescue him? Will Cadi overcome her doubts and fears and bring her beloved Ewen home to Plucks Ridge?
Or will the petty evilness of The Scorned One defeat all and destroy the magickal realm?
If you love action, humour, quirky characters, and romance, then Daryl Devoré’s latest medieval fantasy romance – A Voice in the Air – is a must read.
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Excerpt – Opening scene
A cloud of dust rose above the road. The men were coming home. Those who lived. A chill shuddered through Cadi. Those who lived.
Would many return?
Would Ewen?
Calls sounded throughout the village of Plucks Ridge. “They return.”
“They are coming!”
“The men are back.”
“Can ye see them?”
Women and children streamed from the homes and shops into the village square. The mass moved to the east, gazes searching the horizon for the sight of a loved one.
The soul-satisfying scent of freshly baked bread drifted past Cadi’s nose as Marwyn, the baker, stood next to her. His neck stretched to see over the crowd. His only son had gone to fight the creatures.
She visualized the last moment she saw Ewen, Marwyn’s son, seated proudly in his saddle, showing a brave face to his father’s worried one and his sister’s tears.
Would he return?
“There!” A child’s voice rang out.
The crowd surged forward. Gazes scanned the vista. Ears strained to hear the pounding of hooves. Fists clenched. Fingers picked at sleeves. Nervous feet shuffled in the dirt. Souls trembled, terrified to learn the truth.
The first rider entered the village, not with the elation of returning, but with a slow, mournful clop-clop of an exhausted beast.
Sianna screeched then raced to him. Four young ones tumbled along behind. Parry slid off his mount, collapsing into his wife’s arms. His face and clothes were bloodied. His demeanour defeated. Sawly, the eldest son, grabbed the reins, leading the horse away.
At the sight of Parry’s injuries, a hush settled on the crowd. Cadi stepped aside. She had no husband, father, or son to greet. Ewen was not hers. She dreamt of the day when a knight’s squire and a barmaid became betrothed. She had privately wept when he’d left to fight the – dare she even think the word? When he’d left to fight the trolls.
She had heard the word whispered in the pub. The local men had gone to fight not a human enemy, but creatures too big and vicious to be imagined.
The Father Abbot sternly preached that there were no trolls, no dragons, nor no faeries. No magickal creatures walked the earth, only humans. Angels and demons were beings of God and Satan. She’d learned to silence her tongue after witnessing the brutality of the punishment for doubting the Father Abbot’s word.
A gasp from the crowd brought Cadi out of her thoughts.
Six more horses entered the village square. Six more wives or mothers screeched with gladness.
Then no more.
The crowd waited.
Hopes dwindled.
Fear consumed souls.
Thirty-three men had answered the call to fight. Seven broken men returned.
Damnation to the trolls.
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2 comments:
Thanks for the spotlight. Tweeted.
Congratulations on the release. Sounds like fun! I love it when the heroine saves the hero!
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