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The Cardinal
790 A.D.
In the far northern reaches of the Highlands of Scotland a Pictish tribe, with their language of peat, stone and sea, ally together with a strange kingdom of mist, sky and whispers. As a foe of axe, smoke and leather descend upon them in longships from the north and they are scattered in defeat, will those left behind ever find those wrenched from their arms? Will those slaves taken by the Vikings ever find their way to freedom and home or not? Either way life will never be the same again.
Now
More than a thousand years later their lives, deaths and fates are brought to light by an archaeological team who uncovers the find of a lifetime… of a thousand lifetimes. The more they discover the more perplexing it becomes; their finds challenge our very understanding of what it means to be human, and the assumption that myths are groundless and history is fact. That we are not alone in the universe is one thing; that we are not alone on this earth is another thing entirely.
In the far northern reaches of the Highlands of Scotland a Pictish tribe, with their language of peat, stone and sea, ally together with a strange kingdom of mist, sky and whispers. As a foe of axe, smoke and leather descend upon them in longships from the north and they are scattered in defeat, will those left behind ever find those wrenched from their arms? Will those slaves taken by the Vikings ever find their way to freedom and home or not? Either way life will never be the same again.
Now
More than a thousand years later their lives, deaths and fates are brought to light by an archaeological team who uncovers the find of a lifetime… of a thousand lifetimes. The more they discover the more perplexing it becomes; their finds challenge our very understanding of what it means to be human, and the assumption that myths are groundless and history is fact. That we are not alone in the universe is one thing; that we are not alone on this earth is another thing entirely.
384 pages, Paperback
First published November 12, 2014
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July 20, 2016
This is my mom's review that she asked me to post
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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