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Triskelion: Book Two in The Spirit Level Series
A Druid Priestess frustrates the creativity of a modern rock legend by haunting his music studio in the sacred grove of oaks she planted 2000 years ago on the Welsh island of Anglesey.
Can Fay and Percy help this powerful spirit communicate her desperate message to the world before it’s too late? And just what does the triskelion symbol mean?
Once again, these mismatched psychic detectives must endanger their lives and make a bridge through time so the dead can reach the living.
After setting up their website, ‘Spirit Level’, in an abandoned moment of hubris, the two amateur sleuths are astonished to find a rock star requesting their services on a professional basis. Rick O’Shea claims he is unable to record a new album on the island of Anglesey, just off the coast of North Wales, due to inexplicable mayhem in his music studio. Throwing caution to the wind, they answer his plea and embark on an adventure that takes them back 2000 years to when the Druids and Romans faced each other in battle. Can Fay and Percy communicate across such an enormous length of time with the determined spirit who is causing so much disruption? Only slowly do they realise the significance of the triskelion symbol that keeps appearing as they uncover its mystery, and hear the message this ancient soul is so desperate to convey to the entire world.
Can Fay and Percy help this powerful spirit communicate her desperate message to the world before it’s too late? And just what does the triskelion symbol mean?
Once again, these mismatched psychic detectives must endanger their lives and make a bridge through time so the dead can reach the living.
After setting up their website, ‘Spirit Level’, in an abandoned moment of hubris, the two amateur sleuths are astonished to find a rock star requesting their services on a professional basis. Rick O’Shea claims he is unable to record a new album on the island of Anglesey, just off the coast of North Wales, due to inexplicable mayhem in his music studio. Throwing caution to the wind, they answer his plea and embark on an adventure that takes them back 2000 years to when the Druids and Romans faced each other in battle. Can Fay and Percy communicate across such an enormous length of time with the determined spirit who is causing so much disruption? Only slowly do they realise the significance of the triskelion symbol that keeps appearing as they uncover its mystery, and hear the message this ancient soul is so desperate to convey to the entire world.
360 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 5, 2021
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About the author
Alex Martin
11 books136 followersI came late to writing. No, that's wrong. I came late to publishing my writing. And what a thrilling ride it's proving to be.
I'm never happier than when bashing both brain and keyboard in my Plotting Shed wherever that may be! On gloriously creative days, I can look up and find hours have passed. I'm amazed the scenery is unchanged, fixed, when I've been absorbed in heart-stopping drama or tragedy, or romance.
At last, I am following my bliss. I'm a bit late to the party, but I'm dancing.
There was an old black and gold typewriter knocking about my childhood home. When I wasn't skinning my knees climbing trees or wandering aimlessly in the countryside with my dog and my dreams, I could be found, as now, typing away with imaginary friends whispering in my ear.
My first novel, The Twisted Vine, is based on a happy time picking grapes in France in the 1980s. I met some amazing people there but none as outrageous as those that sprang to life on my screen. Daffodils is based in Wiltshire, where I grew up. It attempts to portray how ordinary lives, and the rigid social order, were radically altered by the catalyst of the First World War. This book developed into The Katherine Wheel Series, with a sequel set in 1919 in the aftermath of WW1, Peace Lily, and Speedwell, taking the characters into the roaring twenties and the dangerous world of motor-racing. Willow (a novella) introduces the next generation who face daunting challenges in WW2 in Woodbine and Ivy, the final book in this epic saga which draws all the many threads together in the previous six books into a dramatic climax.
The Spirit Level comprises two dual-time ghost stories. The Rose Trail is set in the English Civil War and Triskelion has a Druid priestess giving Fay and Percy an urgent message for the modern world.
The next book is always just around the corner. I'm just listening to the whispers from the other side to get the full picture... And now that book (my tenth!) is here. Warrior Queens is the third book in The Spirit Level Series although the link is tenuous. Three friends struggle through adversity and only their bond can get them through. A modern tale of girlpower.
I'm never happier than when bashing both brain and keyboard in my Plotting Shed wherever that may be! On gloriously creative days, I can look up and find hours have passed. I'm amazed the scenery is unchanged, fixed, when I've been absorbed in heart-stopping drama or tragedy, or romance.
At last, I am following my bliss. I'm a bit late to the party, but I'm dancing.
There was an old black and gold typewriter knocking about my childhood home. When I wasn't skinning my knees climbing trees or wandering aimlessly in the countryside with my dog and my dreams, I could be found, as now, typing away with imaginary friends whispering in my ear.
My first novel, The Twisted Vine, is based on a happy time picking grapes in France in the 1980s. I met some amazing people there but none as outrageous as those that sprang to life on my screen. Daffodils is based in Wiltshire, where I grew up. It attempts to portray how ordinary lives, and the rigid social order, were radically altered by the catalyst of the First World War. This book developed into The Katherine Wheel Series, with a sequel set in 1919 in the aftermath of WW1, Peace Lily, and Speedwell, taking the characters into the roaring twenties and the dangerous world of motor-racing. Willow (a novella) introduces the next generation who face daunting challenges in WW2 in Woodbine and Ivy, the final book in this epic saga which draws all the many threads together in the previous six books into a dramatic climax.
The Spirit Level comprises two dual-time ghost stories. The Rose Trail is set in the English Civil War and Triskelion has a Druid priestess giving Fay and Percy an urgent message for the modern world.
The next book is always just around the corner. I'm just listening to the whispers from the other side to get the full picture... And now that book (my tenth!) is here. Warrior Queens is the third book in The Spirit Level Series although the link is tenuous. Three friends struggle through adversity and only their bond can get them through. A modern tale of girlpower.
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November 24, 2021
Triskelion is the second book in Alex Martin’s Spirit Level series after The Rose Trail. The book picks up right after the events of The Rose Trail, with Percy leaving her abusive husband to stay with Fay. After their drunken ad online advertising their ghost busting skills, they actually get a client, famous rocker Rick O’Shea is having trouble at his estate in Wales, trouble of the supernatural kind. Percy wanting to put some distance between herself and her soon to be ex, and Fay who is fed up with her lonely life and soulless job, decide to take the leap and go to Wales to sort out Rick’s haunting problem. Oh if only it was so easy.
Once in Wales they meet Rick, his shady manager Eddie, and the local Pagans who use the standing stones and grove of ancient trees on Rick’s land to try to bring harmony to the world. In the past, and haunting the land are Gaine and Bryonia. Bryonia is an ancient Druid priestess who was killed by the Romans, Gaine is her grandaughter whom she taught to be her successor. After the murder of most of their community by the Romans, Gaine and her husband Emyrs rescued the children of the village and raised them on what is now Rick’s land. The problem? Gaine’s spirit is not too happy with Rick. Also not thrilled with Rick is local Druid priestess Bryony, who may or may not the desendant of the original Bryonia.
Fay and Percy must put their ghost busting skills to good use to try to bring peace to Gaine, and harmony with the present Pagans and Rick.
I really enjoyed this book. I was glad to see Fay grow more confident in herself and overcome some of the debilitating grief that she carried in the 1st book over the death of her love Robin. The best part of the book was the last page that indicated a possible third book in the series. I eagerly await the addition to this great series.
Once in Wales they meet Rick, his shady manager Eddie, and the local Pagans who use the standing stones and grove of ancient trees on Rick’s land to try to bring harmony to the world. In the past, and haunting the land are Gaine and Bryonia. Bryonia is an ancient Druid priestess who was killed by the Romans, Gaine is her grandaughter whom she taught to be her successor. After the murder of most of their community by the Romans, Gaine and her husband Emyrs rescued the children of the village and raised them on what is now Rick’s land. The problem? Gaine’s spirit is not too happy with Rick. Also not thrilled with Rick is local Druid priestess Bryony, who may or may not the desendant of the original Bryonia.
Fay and Percy must put their ghost busting skills to good use to try to bring peace to Gaine, and harmony with the present Pagans and Rick.
I really enjoyed this book. I was glad to see Fay grow more confident in herself and overcome some of the debilitating grief that she carried in the 1st book over the death of her love Robin. The best part of the book was the last page that indicated a possible third book in the series. I eagerly await the addition to this great series.
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