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The Cardinal
EIGHTH CENTURY AD
In the Highlands of Scotland, the Maldorians, a mysterious people of mist and whispers, live together with a Pictish clan until Vikings descend upon them with sudden fury. Scattered in defeat, will their remnants ever be reunited? Will those taken as slaves by the Northmen ever regain freedom and find their way back home? Finding each other will be like finding a golden blade of grass in an autumnal vale. Can Aradan survive among his enemies without breaking his promise to Erlina? Will he ever be free to seek out his beloved?
NOW
More than a thousand years later, lives and fates are brought to light by a team of archaeologists. The more they discover, the more perplexing the finds become. The core understanding of what it means to be human is challenged, along with the assumptions that myths are groundless and history is fact. As the team digs deeper, their findings become more mysterious, while strange occurrences on the excavation site threaten to unravel their resolve. And once the souterrain's hidden tunnel is discovered, can their minds accept what the evidence is telling them? Will the Wolf thwart the Cardinal again? What is the mystery behind Elbal and his sons, and how does it all fit together?
That we are not alone in the universe is one thing; that we are not alone on Earth is another thing entirely.
In the Highlands of Scotland, the Maldorians, a mysterious people of mist and whispers, live together with a Pictish clan until Vikings descend upon them with sudden fury. Scattered in defeat, will their remnants ever be reunited? Will those taken as slaves by the Northmen ever regain freedom and find their way back home? Finding each other will be like finding a golden blade of grass in an autumnal vale. Can Aradan survive among his enemies without breaking his promise to Erlina? Will he ever be free to seek out his beloved?
NOW
More than a thousand years later, lives and fates are brought to light by a team of archaeologists. The more they discover, the more perplexing the finds become. The core understanding of what it means to be human is challenged, along with the assumptions that myths are groundless and history is fact. As the team digs deeper, their findings become more mysterious, while strange occurrences on the excavation site threaten to unravel their resolve. And once the souterrain's hidden tunnel is discovered, can their minds accept what the evidence is telling them? Will the Wolf thwart the Cardinal again? What is the mystery behind Elbal and his sons, and how does it all fit together?
That we are not alone in the universe is one thing; that we are not alone on Earth is another thing entirely.
649 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 12, 2014
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July 20, 2016
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I read The Cardinal Part 1 and Part 2 on the Kindle and really enjoyed both books. I loved getting to know the characters and the details of the time period they were a part of. It truly took you away to another time and place as you were drawn into the story. The love story was touching and will stay with you for a while. The historic details woven into the story were interesting and make you appreciate the research the author did to share this story with you. I would enjoy reading more books by this author.
I read The Cardinal Part 1 and Part 2 on the Kindle and really enjoyed both books. I loved getting to know the characters and the details of the time period they were a part of. It truly took you away to another time and place as you were drawn into the story. The love story was touching and will stay with you for a while. The historic details woven into the story were interesting and make you appreciate the research the author did to share this story with you. I would enjoy reading more books by this author.
December 29, 2014
Woven together between past and present, the book (a two-part novel) takes you on a complex and engaging journey through a mythical kingdom in the Highlands of Scotland of the late 8th century, through the fjords of Norway on the trail of captured slaves, and on a modern archaeological dig as the past is uncovered, discovered and surprising. Not is all as it seems, and the more the archaeology team discovers, the more it challenges the beliefs that history is fact, and fairy tales are not.
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