The Watchers

By Jane Louise Curry

Book Overview

Rebellious and unhappy at being shipped off to live with strange kinfolk in the mountains of West Virginia, a young boy is drawn into an ancient conflict that moves back and forth in time. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625243200
• ISBN13: 9781625243201
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Candlewood Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Quiet, compelling magic

This is one of a series of interlocking novels by the author, in which Welsh myth (with more than a touch of Tolkien) fuses with Native American legend & myth. As our young protagonist begins to experience timeslips, he (and we) get tantalizing glimpses of a rich fantasy world of American pre-history, one which has never been recorded. Slowly we begin to realize that this simple family, which many might dismiss as nothing more than hillbillies, is actually descended from forgotten Welsh mariners, perhaps with a touch of Faerie at one time ... and that even though they themselves have forgotten their purpose for remaining in their green backwater, something ancient & evil is buried beneath the land they own & guard. And that evil is waking ... In this & several other novels, Jane Louise Curry creates a unique mythic world, one which deserves to be much better known. I've always hoped she would one day write a longer novel set firmly & completely in the fascinating past of these novels, all of which deserve reprinting in a uniform edition, perhaps even a boxed set. Highly recommended!