Natural Forces Trilogy: Epic Fantasy Collection

Natural Forces #1-3

by Jean Gill

All three books in Jean Gill's award-winning Natural Forces Trilogy. Included in this collection are Queen of the Warrior Bees, Arrows Tipped with Honey, and The World Beyond the Walls. IPPY Award winner, Royal Dragonfly Award winner, finalist in the Kindle Book Awards and the Wishing Shelf AwardsBee-shifter, bear-shifter, Forest spy and woman-lover; what's second nature to four unlikely friends is a death sentence in the Citadel.Take a wild flight with Mielitta into the forbidden Forest in this highly original epic eco-fantasy series. As she grows from despised servant to Queen of the Warrior Bees, Mielitta discovers that evil can wear a friend’s face and an unlikely alliance is her best chance of healing the rift between sterile Citadel and vibrant Forest.The mysterious world beyond the walls offers the answer to her identity but she knows her friends could pay a terrible price for crossing the boundary. Her natural forces tested beyond human endurance, Mielitta’s bond with her bees is all that offers hope for the future. Is it enough? Can she live up to her destiny? And should she?Block Nature out and she’ll force a way in.‘Jean Gill's Natural Forces series offer a rich, strange, and alluring adventure that buzzes with intrigue and nature.’ The Booklife Prize‘Fabulous world-building and spellbinding intrigue,’ Karen Inglis

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy

Kindle Edition

Published August 12, 2021

About the author

Award-winning Welsh author and photographer Jean Gill lives in Provence with the best scent-hound in the world, a Nikon D750 and a man. Best known for writing epic medieval adventures in The Troubadours and The Midwinter Dragon series, Jean has published 27 multi-genre books since 1988, including the dog bestseller 'Someone To Look Up To'. Although she’s hung up her beekeeping gloves, she still cares about her wild neighbours, which include boar, badgers, foxes and hares.

For many years, she taught English, and was the first woman to be a secondary headteacher in the Welsh county of Dyfed. She is mother or stepmother to five children so life was hectic. With Scottish parents, Welsh and French residence and an English birthplace, she can usually shout for the winning team in sporting events.

She loves to hear from readers. Contact via her jeangill website.

Reviews

[Lana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being a lover of nature and all things sentient this book struck a chord with me right from the start as i could never imagine living in a place like the awful, sterile citadel which aimed for perfection and insulated its citizens under tyrannical rule of the council of mages and declared the forest the enemy. This book is all about a rebellious young servant, a non-mage who dared to venture forth into the forest and was turned into a bee-shifter and declared the queen of the warrior bees. This is the story of the revolt which she and her supporter friends started which turned everything on its head for the leaders of the citadel or what was left of them after the great battle in the forest. This is a must read trilogy for all environmentalists and anyone who hates rules being imposed which are senseless and oppressive. Whenever humans wage a war on nature, nature always wins in the end and so it does in this awesome trilogy!

[Jessica Bell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being the type of reader who loves a good literary character-driven read, who would have thought I'd ever enjoy a fantasy series about bees. An extremely original story that spoke to my heart: I am definitely not a conformist! The only other fantasy I have ever enjoyed is some of Neil Gaiman, so I don't have much to compare to. But I felt the same addiction that I felt when I read Neverwhere. Unfortunately, I have a toddler at my feet all the time at the moment so I couldn't read this as fast as I wanted to. Highly recommended if you have an advernturous spirit and wish to live vicariously through a young woman who uses that to overcome adversity. Absolutely magical.