Tag: The First Verduan and Patreo Mystery: The First Verduan and Patreo Mystery: The First Verduan and Patreo Mystery (Verduan and Patreo Mysteries) - Softcover

Carrabis, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798987804889

Verlag: Northern Lights Publishing, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

Cadfael meets The Name of the Rose in a medieval eastern European village when two young adults encounter a witch in a wooded glen.
Eric and Julia seek tree grafts to help their families' orchards. When darkening skies and distant thunder tell of an approaching storm, Eric motions them back home. Sullya, a witch hidden in the trees, grabs Julia as they walk past. Eric swings his axe and severs Sullya’s hand. Wounded, Sullya seeks refuge in the deep bole of an old oak in the center of the glen. Her hand falls onto the same oak and crawls up the trunk to join her.
The sky opens with heavy rain. Eric wants to flee but Julia, believing they're safe, torments the witch. Sullya safely hid in the old oak, curses them, their families, their crops, their livestock, and their village.
Soon crops wilt, livestock die, and much of village falls ill. The village priest, Father Baillot, seems ignorant of church ways and proves ineffective against the curse.
The village elders seek help elsewhere, specifically from a distant priest, Father Patreo, who knows the Old Ways as well as the New. Patreo is out of favor with the Church because he makes no effort to hide his belief that progress comes from exploring all paths, not just those the Church decrees acceptable.
He and Verduan, one of the village elders, investigate the witch and her curse, encountering espionage, treason, witchcraft, demons, religious persecution, mistaken identities, and fear of what was and what will be, and what they discover changes the face of Eastern Europe forever.

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Joseph Carrabis is a master storyteller with a sharp sense of humor and linguistic expertise. Hailing from New Hampshire, USA, his passion for writing began at the tender age of seven while washing dishes with his older sister, Sandra. She'd read 'Mission to the Heart Stars' for a book report and shared her fascination and excitement over the story. Joseph, a plate in one hand and a dish towel in the other decided, "I want to give that to people." With a career deeply embedded in evolving technologies, Joseph served as Chief Research Officer, Chief Neuroscience Officer, and Senior Research Fellow at several institutions and agencies while earning numerous awards for his journalism and trade technical writing.Joseph refers to himself as boring - something loudly debunked by his readers and peers - and weaves wildly imaginative stories that dance on the boundary of the known and unknown sciences where natural, preternatural and supernatural intersect. Fans' comments regularly mention Carrabis' ability to bring together advanced mathematics, quantum physics, cybernetics, and neuroscience with believable multi-dimensional characters and spellbinding future technology. Joseph has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, recommended for a Nebula Award, and received an honorable mention in 'Writers of the Future'.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Northern Lights Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798987804889
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 536
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg