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Oak Seer (Paperback)
Graham Higson; Graham Higson
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R392
Discovery Miles 3 920
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Where blood from the past spills into the present This page-turning
supernatural mystery revolves around a hero cursed with a psychic
ability that many others would relish. What readers are saying
about OAK SEER " I couldn't put it down, it pulls you through to
the end. " Carol, UK "Oak Seer is exciting, thrilling and
mysterious. " S, Bradford "Oak Seer certainly is fast paced, with
high tension and mystery, laced with humour and warmth. " Goodreads
reviewer "Some great moments" Julie The story VISIONS FROM THE PAST
- A RACE TO SAVE HIS FRIENDS The year is 1994. Jack Briscoe is a
loner who is never alone. He has two passions: woodwork and
womanizing, and despite his popularity with women he leads a
solitary lifestyle, unable to hold down a steady relationship not
that he really wants one. Working from a rented barn, sleeping in
his van, and constantly short of money, his prospects are dire. He
feels that his situation couldn't get any worse. Then one night,
when on one of his many casual assignations, he is stricken by a
curse, and his ability to work - and his sexual prowess - are
cruelly torn away. Lost in the town's outskirts, he is inexplicably
drawn to the house of his old school friend, unaware that inside
his friend's wife is also facing a dilemma, believing she is about
to die. Far away in the Scottish Highlands, Chrissie Meikle, a
modern-day High Priestess, with a coven of half-hearted pagan
worshippers, has unwittingly set in play some ancient magic, with
its roots stretching back hundreds of years. In this tale of
adventure, mystery, crime, witchcraft, and the occult, - where the
past bleeds through into the present - Briscoe must find a way to
bring an end to these visions that he feels threaten his freedom,
sanity and even his very existence. Is an ancient oak carving of a
monstrous face the key? Or is it his ruthless enemy determined to
use its power against him? When the paranormal malevolence attacks
two of his former women friends, he must act, travelling to
Scotland, where yet another adversary awaits him, along with the
haunting memory of a girl in a white dress, as he attempts to
exorcise the past. But maybe it's the past that is exorcising him.
Not recommended for readers under 18
Flither Lass It's 1915: conflict comes ashore, and a girl becomes a
woman. The Quick Pitch In a small Yorkshire coastal fishing
village, young Amy Trott, ignored or derided by most of the
villagers, is devoted to her father. One stormy day, Amy's life is
torn apart when her beloved father is lost at sea. In her denial of
events, she searches the sea and shore, convinced that he will
return, but instead of her father she finds another refugee from
the sea, on who she focuses all of her attentions. The trouble is,
it is 1915 and the refugee is German ... A bigger taste. . . In a
small Yorkshire coastal fishing village, 16-year-old Amy Trott
makes a meagre living scouring the shoreline for flithers (limpets)
to use as bait on her father's fishing lines. It is an inhospitable
world of deep crevices and rock pools, where the fast-flowing tide
can so easily trap the unwary in minutes, cutting them off from
safety. Wild and unkempt, she is marginalized by the local
community, which treats her as slow-witted, a virtual outcast. In
those days, flither girls were seen as the lowest of the low; the
hard work they did, toiling in freezing conditions, scaling cliff
faces, wading out to sea and braving the treacherous currents, went
largely unappreciated and undervalued. Amy braves the ferocious
conditions without question or complaint; it is all she has ever
known. One stormy day, her life is torn apart when her beloved
father is lost at sea. In her denial of events, she searches the
sea and shore, convinced that he will return, but instead of her
father she finds another refugee washed ashore. Facing a
life-threatening decision, she can either leave him there to perish
and save her own life, or she can try to save both herself and this
mysterious man. But in doing so, she risks being cut off and
suffering a cruel death in the freezing water of the North Sea. The
trouble is, it is 1915 and the refugee is German ... Thus begins a
story that combines family conflict, adventure, war and romance, in
which we witness Amy's rite of passage as we share her secret while
she focuses all her attentions on this illicit friend. The conflict
that came ashore turns a girl into a woman. This story gives a
glimpse of life during the First World War from a different
perspective. Includes links for the following: High-resolution map
Further reading Interview with the author Reading Group Guide Use
the LOOK INSIDE feature to view book contents and don't forget you
can download a sample of Flither Lass to your Kindle for free.
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