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1960 in America and thirteen-year-old Sophie is frustrated. Her
mother has sent her to spend summer with Grandmama on their
family's old estate in the sweltering bayous of southern Louisiana.
Once a grand plantation, a hive of activity, it is now ramshackle,
run down and all-but abandoned. Bored, lonely and far too hot,
Sophie starts exploring. When she discovers an overgrown maze, she
makes her way inside, and lost among its pathways she finds a
magical creature who promises her the adventure of a lifetime . . .
Sophie is transported a hundred years into the past to the Oak
River plantation in its heyday. Her own ancestors mistake her for a
slave girl and set her to work alongside the hundreds of other
slaves who tend to the fields, the house, and the white family's
every whim. As the reality of slave life becomes horribly clear,
Sophie starts to wonder how long she'll survive; and how - or if -
she will ever get back home. Both exciting and truly
heart-breaking, The Freedom Maze is a very special novel about
slavery, survival and the many paths to freedom.
Generations ago the last king fell, taking with him the final
truths about a race of wizards who ruled at his side. But the blood
of the kings runs deep in the land and its people, waiting for the
coming together of two unusual men. Theron Campion is heir to an
ancient house - and a modern scandal. Tormented by his twin duties
to his family and his own bright spirit, he seeks solace in the
University. There he meets Basil St. Cloud, a brilliant and
charismatic teacher ruled by a passion for knowledge - and for the
ancient kings. Around these two are gathering those who believe the
land still cries out for a king - and those who would do anything
to stop them returning.
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