DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST: Book 1 (The Sevenwaters Trilogy)

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Daughter of the Forest is an immersive storytelling experience using shadow puppets and a life-size tiger model! From the forest world of The Jungle Book, and told using narrated legends and dramatic physical action, it is a story about the importance of caring for the world around us rather than exploiting nature for our own gain. He lets her go, and Sorcha and her brothers return to Sevenwaters, only to find it a mess. Some peasants recognize them and inform them that their father is not well, and they hasten to the palace, where Donal, Lord Colum's former general, informs them that their step-mother has recently disappeared. Sorcha takes her place in the very front line of the strong, determined Irish heroines, from Queen Maeve to Molly Bloom and beyond! "Bestselling Andrew M. Greeley, author of The Bishop and the Missing L Train"

The last child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters and Niamh, Sorcha's mother died giving birth to her. Shattered by the loss of his wife, he distanced himself from his children, particularly Finbar and Sorcha, due to their likeness to their mother. Instead, Lord Colum prioritized the feud between Sevenwaters and the Northwoods. Growing up sheltered in Sevenwaters, Sorcha leads a peaceful life and deep bonds with her siblings, particularly Finbar and Conor. One day, Sorcha dismisses Finbar's warning to not touch a starwart plant that results in intense pain and swelling from the small barbs. This incident leads to Sorcha's study on the medicinal properties of plants while reading scrolls alongside Conor and Finbar. After years of research Sorcha becomes an adept healer and spends her days commuting to the village to heal others.He suspects Lady Ooangh from the first and is the most protective of Sorcha, insisting that she run away and abandon them rather than subjugate herself to such pain. He can also see visions of the future. I’d missed something; Liam was standing, rather pale but unable to keep a smile off his usually serious face, and then he was taking Eilis’s hand, and I finally saw the way they looked at each other and knew it for what it was. I would definitely recommend this series of books to anyone you likes a fantasy novel. There is plots and conspiracy written in a wonderful way which will keep you captivated! Aurealis Awards, recognising the achievements of Australian science fiction and fantasy writers (1999)

They had once been a people much like us, fierce, proud, rich in song and story, but their land was open and vulnerable, and had been overrun time after time, until their blood became mixed with that of Roman, and of Saxon, and when at last some semblance of peace had come about, the old race of that land was gone, and in its place a new people dwelt across the water. The holy father told us that much. Finbar,” I said. ‘What if—what would happen if someone else, say Donal or one of the guards, helped a prisoner get away, and Father found out? What would he do to them?” Young as I was, it had not escaped me that what my brother proposed was no mere act of childish disobedience, to be punished by a reprimand or, at worst, a whipping. This was no less than a knowing undermining of my father’s campaign; a willful hindrance of the quest that was his very reason for being. Beautiful and wealthy, she is Richard's daughter and Red's betrothed. She was also Red and Simon's childhood friend. Her father sent Simon to die because Elaine fell in love with him, and Simon cannot inherit because he is the youngest son.Sorcha!” A whisper behind me almost made me cry out and reveal my hiding place. Finbar tugged at my sleeve, drawing me silently outside into the courtyard. Sorcha spends a year in the home of Lord Hugh of Harrowfield, allowed to continue working on the shirts without question. However, many in the household are suspicious of Sorcha because of her nationality. Sorcha finds herself in constant danger, the source of which is often Lord Hugh's uncle, Richard of Northwoods. To protect Sorcha, Lord Hugh marries her, but then he leaves to return to Ireland in search of his brother, Simon. In his absence, Sorcha is accused by Lord Richard of infidelity, treason, and witchcraft. After her trial, Richard attempts to burn Sorcha at the stake. Sorcha reverses the curse on her brothers and is rescued by her beloved, whom she must leave but is later reunited with. A captive, my lord, as you see. We found him on the northern rim of the lake, alone; but there must surely be more of his kind close by. This is no hired man, Lord Colum.” Thanks.” There was a flash of that smile, the generous smile that lit up his whole face. “We make a good team. A foolproof team. How can we fail?” Why do I remember this so well? Perhaps his displeasure with what we were becoming made Father take the choice he did, and so bring about a series of events more terrible than any of us could have imagined. Certainly, he used our well-being as one of his excuses for bringing her to Sevenwaters. That there was no logic in this was beside the point—he must have known in his heart that Finbar and I were made of strong stuff, already shaped in mind and spirit, if not quite grown, and that expecting us to bend to another will was like trying to alter the course of the tide, or to stop the forest from growing. But he was influenced by forces he was unable to understand. My mother would have recognized them. I often wondered, later, how much she knew of our future. The Sight does not always show what a person wants to see, but maybe she had an idea as she bade her children farewell, what a strange and crooked path their feet would follow.