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Eight Crows for a Wish
A man washes up on a shore he does not recognize. He does not know who he is and, worse, when he is. But it becomes clear that a force has brought him here for a purpose. He has a role in a conflict going back hundreds of years.
Book Eight in Vernon Oickle's Crows series keeps turning up surprises. Expect the unexpected...
Book Eight in Vernon Oickle's Crows series keeps turning up surprises. Expect the unexpected...
343 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 10, 2024
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Vernon Oickle
43 books13 followersVernon Oickle lives in Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He studied journalism in Lethbridge, Alberta and upon his graduation in 1982, he returned to his hometown to begin his newspaper career. Since then, Vernon has won many regional, national and international awards for writing and photography. In 2012, he won the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors’ Golden Quill Award for best editorial writing, becoming only the third Canadian and the first Nova Scotian to win this honour since it was first presented in 1961.
Today, he is the editor of the nationally award-winning newspaper, The Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin in Bridgewater. Since October 1995 he has been writing the popular and award winning column, The Editor’s Diary. Helping to shape and influence public opinion on a wide range of topics that over time, his writing increasingly touches a populist nerve by airing topics important to his readers.
In addition to being an award winning journalist and editor, Vernon is the author of 18 books, many of which collect and preserve the heritage and culture of Atlantic Canada. In 2010 he launched a series of novels that get their names from a Maritime folklore rhyme about seven crows.
Today, he is the editor of the nationally award-winning newspaper, The Lunenburg County Progress Bulletin in Bridgewater. Since October 1995 he has been writing the popular and award winning column, The Editor’s Diary. Helping to shape and influence public opinion on a wide range of topics that over time, his writing increasingly touches a populist nerve by airing topics important to his readers.
In addition to being an award winning journalist and editor, Vernon is the author of 18 books, many of which collect and preserve the heritage and culture of Atlantic Canada. In 2010 he launched a series of novels that get their names from a Maritime folklore rhyme about seven crows.
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February 5, 2025
“With centuries of knowledge to draw on, along with an uncanny ability to tap into and access any change in circumstances that may affect the family, the crows are keenly aware that a major threat has emerged, and they must watch over their charges until the danger has been neutralized. They have chosen their protector and he will know what to do." ― Vernon Oickle, Eight Crows for a Wish, page 131
A badly injured man is found washed up on the rocks in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, by a local woman. He does not know who he is, where he is, where he came from, or even the date. Nothing is familiar, except for the crows, eight to be exact, but what do they want from him?
Eight Crows for a Wish by Vernon Oickle is an astounding follow-up to Seven Crows a Secret Yet To Be Told. All is not as it seems in this small community on the South Shore. But it becomes clear very fast that the crows are up to something and the badly injured man plays a central role in a conflict. A conflict that goes back hundreds of years.
This gripping and unpredictable story begs you to forget the housework and continue reading well past your bedtime, just to find out what happens next. I can’t wait to read Nine Crows for a Kiss, which comes out this spring.
A badly injured man is found washed up on the rocks in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, by a local woman. He does not know who he is, where he is, where he came from, or even the date. Nothing is familiar, except for the crows, eight to be exact, but what do they want from him?
Eight Crows for a Wish by Vernon Oickle is an astounding follow-up to Seven Crows a Secret Yet To Be Told. All is not as it seems in this small community on the South Shore. But it becomes clear very fast that the crows are up to something and the badly injured man plays a central role in a conflict. A conflict that goes back hundreds of years.
This gripping and unpredictable story begs you to forget the housework and continue reading well past your bedtime, just to find out what happens next. I can’t wait to read Nine Crows for a Kiss, which comes out this spring.
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