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Angel Mountain Saga #7
Sacrifice
The Angel Mountain Saga has now accumulated sales of over 70,000. This is Part 7..…
Get your copy now, and enter the enchanting world of Martha Morgan, a VERY imperfect heroine.
This is the darkest and most brutal of all of the stories of the Saga -- with the intensity of a Gothic melodrama. But in spite of the terrifying and tragic events recounted by the heroine, compassion and humanity shine through, and the tale has a truly heart-rending conclusion.
In the Wild West of Wales, in the year 1808, a shepherd is ambushed and left in the roadway, more dead than alive, with three stripes carved across his chest. A note, written in his own blood, is pinned to his skin. It reads "For Rhiwallwn. From Gruddnei." Four sinister men who call themselves surveyors are clearly responsible for this crime and others that follow. It emerges that there is a "campaign of retribution" against selected individuals. Mistress Martha Morgan, a young widow with five children, is at the top of the hit list. As the net tightens around the villains, more is discovered about their backgrounds, their motives and their grotesque methods of working. In a terrifying final confrontation Martha at last faces them, and finds depravity on a scale which she finds almost impossible to deal with.
In this fast-moving tale the key players will be familiar to fans of the Angel Mountain Saga, and other characters who march through the pages of the book include the eccentric Iolo Morgannwg, hot-tempered busybody Charles Hassall, two exotic prostitutes, and a charming and mysterious Irishman called Dominic Cunningham whose life was complicated enough even before he fell in love with Mistress Martha......
This is a story of mystery and intrigue, carrying the reader on a roller-coaster of emotions. It's a thoroughly good read, and I couldn't put it down. -- Referee's Review
Beautifully written ...... the work of an author who is comfortable with the genre, and on top of his game. -- Second Referee's Review
Read it and be very afraid!
Get your copy now, and enter the enchanting world of Martha Morgan, a VERY imperfect heroine.
This is the darkest and most brutal of all of the stories of the Saga -- with the intensity of a Gothic melodrama. But in spite of the terrifying and tragic events recounted by the heroine, compassion and humanity shine through, and the tale has a truly heart-rending conclusion.
In the Wild West of Wales, in the year 1808, a shepherd is ambushed and left in the roadway, more dead than alive, with three stripes carved across his chest. A note, written in his own blood, is pinned to his skin. It reads "For Rhiwallwn. From Gruddnei." Four sinister men who call themselves surveyors are clearly responsible for this crime and others that follow. It emerges that there is a "campaign of retribution" against selected individuals. Mistress Martha Morgan, a young widow with five children, is at the top of the hit list. As the net tightens around the villains, more is discovered about their backgrounds, their motives and their grotesque methods of working. In a terrifying final confrontation Martha at last faces them, and finds depravity on a scale which she finds almost impossible to deal with.
In this fast-moving tale the key players will be familiar to fans of the Angel Mountain Saga, and other characters who march through the pages of the book include the eccentric Iolo Morgannwg, hot-tempered busybody Charles Hassall, two exotic prostitutes, and a charming and mysterious Irishman called Dominic Cunningham whose life was complicated enough even before he fell in love with Mistress Martha......
This is a story of mystery and intrigue, carrying the reader on a roller-coaster of emotions. It's a thoroughly good read, and I couldn't put it down. -- Referee's Review
Beautifully written ...... the work of an author who is comfortable with the genre, and on top of his game. -- Second Referee's Review
Read it and be very afraid!
431 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 26, 2013
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About the author
Brian John
63 books7 followersBrian John (born 1940) is the author of the historical-fiction series Angel Mountain Saga (8 volumes).
Brian was born in Carmarthen, Wales. He studied at Haverfordwest Grammar School and at Jesus College, Oxford, where he read Geography from 1959 to 1962 and went on to obtain a D Phil for a study of the Ice Age in Wales. He worked as a field scientist in Antarctica and spent eleven years as a Geography Lecturer in Durham University. He has travelled widely in the Arctic, Antarctic and Scandinavia. Since 1977 he has made his living as a writer and publisher.
Brian is also actively involved in environmental and community organizations; in 1980 he founded the West Wales Eco Centre in Newport and is one of the leaders of the community group "GM Free Cymru." He is the author of a number of articles and more than 80 books, including university texts, walking guides, coffee table glossies, and books of popular science. His Glaciers and Landscape (written with David Sugden), a university textbook, remained in print as a geomorphology classic for almost 30 years. He also writes on topics of local interest related to Wales: tourist guides, books of local jokes, walkers’ handbooks, and titles on local folklore and traditions.
In recent years Brian has done radio and TV work, and was featured in the BBC TV programme called "The Man from Angel Mountain". His children's book entitled "The Strange Affair of the Ethiopian Treasure Chest"was voted by children as the Gold Award winner in the 2012 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. His most recent novel is "Acts of God", published in November 2014. It is Cold War "chiller" set in East Greenland.
Brian was born in Carmarthen, Wales. He studied at Haverfordwest Grammar School and at Jesus College, Oxford, where he read Geography from 1959 to 1962 and went on to obtain a D Phil for a study of the Ice Age in Wales. He worked as a field scientist in Antarctica and spent eleven years as a Geography Lecturer in Durham University. He has travelled widely in the Arctic, Antarctic and Scandinavia. Since 1977 he has made his living as a writer and publisher.
Brian is also actively involved in environmental and community organizations; in 1980 he founded the West Wales Eco Centre in Newport and is one of the leaders of the community group "GM Free Cymru." He is the author of a number of articles and more than 80 books, including university texts, walking guides, coffee table glossies, and books of popular science. His Glaciers and Landscape (written with David Sugden), a university textbook, remained in print as a geomorphology classic for almost 30 years. He also writes on topics of local interest related to Wales: tourist guides, books of local jokes, walkers’ handbooks, and titles on local folklore and traditions.
In recent years Brian has done radio and TV work, and was featured in the BBC TV programme called "The Man from Angel Mountain". His children's book entitled "The Strange Affair of the Ethiopian Treasure Chest"was voted by children as the Gold Award winner in the 2012 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. His most recent novel is "Acts of God", published in November 2014. It is Cold War "chiller" set in East Greenland.
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August 28, 2012
Well researched and evocative of an important time in West Wales, I couldn't put it down.
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